FINE WEATHER
MANY PEOPLE VISIT COUNTRY Anxiety lest further rain should fall and add to the damage done by the storm of Thursday and Friday was set at rest for a few days at least by brilliant weather over the week-end. In place of clouded skies and pouring rain, there was brilliant summer sunshine, and people who for two days had been staying indoors as much as possible went out in thousands to enjoy the change. A popular excursion was to the country between the Ashley and Kowai rivers, where the storm had done the greatest damage. An almost endless stream of cars passed along the Main North road on Saturday afternoon and yesterday, and the occupants saw plenty to evidence the severity of the flood. There were littered fences, grain crops ruined by water, and farmers going about the task of burying drowned sheep and other stock. Other places which were popular with visitors in yesterday's beautiful weather were the Botanic Gardens, the Port Hills, and the beaches. The gardens were looking at their freshest and were admired by hundreds of people. The maximum temperature during the day was 70.4 degrees, one of the highest temperatures this month. The maximum temperature on Saturday was 69 degrees.
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Press, Volume LXXII, Issue 21715, 24 February 1936, Page 10
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