Snow-hit tour starts
NZPA staff correspondent London The champion New Zealand schools team, St Stephens, started its snowhit British rugby tour with a 23-0 win over Pontypool Youth. The team’s No. 8, Dallas Seymour, a New Zealand schools representative, scored two tries as the
District forecasts: Canterbury: Fine at first; change to fresh southwesterlies; showers. Nelson: Moderate northerlies; mainly fine; warm; showers developing. Wellington: Mostly fine;
Bombay (Auckland) ■ college’s first fifteen beat the Welsh side. Earlier tour matches were cancelled because of freezing weather in Britain. Sleet affected the Pontypool match, the conditions keeping the score lower than it might have been, said the coach, Kris Brewin.
scattered rain. Otago: Rain, clearing later. Tomorrow: Fine; northeasterlies developing. Extended forecast to Friday: From Wednesday, fine; north or northwesterlies; fresh on Friday; warm.
CHRISTCHURCH READINGS
Observations taken at the Meteorological Office, Christchurch Airport, yesterday. Barometer: .... 6 p.m 11 p.m. Millibars .... 1009.6 1010.1 Temperature: deg. Maximum (to 6 p.m.) . . 25 Rainfall: mm. 9 a.m. to 11 p.m nil To date this month. ... 5 To date this year 5 To date last year tee Average to date 21 Average for January. . . 51 Wettest January (1980). . 139 Driest January (1954) . . 8 Sunshine: hrs Yesterday 9 hr 12 min To date this month. ... 78 To date this year 78 To date last year 116 Average for January. . . 209 Humidity: Per cent at noon 81 Per cent at 6 p.m 69 Temperatures and rainfall for the 24 hours to 9 a.m. yesterday. Maximum 19 deg, minimum 16 deg grass 14 deg, rainfall 2mm. SUN, MOON, AND TIDES Sun—Today: Rises, 6.03 a.m.; sets, 9.09 p.m. Tomorrow: Rises, 6.05 a.m.; sets, 9.09 p.m. Moon-Today: Rises, 9.48 a.m.; sets, 11.40 p.m. Tomorrow: Rises, 10.56 a.m.; sets midnight. High tide at Lyttelton Today: 8.33 a.m. and 9.01 p.m. Tomorrow: 9.28 a.m. and 9.55 p.m. (Lake Forsyth, subtract 60min, Akaroa subtract 45min, Port Levy, subtract 30min; Ashburton and Rakaia, subtract 25min; Kaikoura add 17min; Kaiapoi and Sumner, add 30min). Phases of Moon First quarter: January 18. Full moon: January 26. Last quarter February 2. New moon: February 9.
NOON WEATHER Auckland: 23deg., cloudy, S., 10 knots. Wellington: 22deg., cloudy, N.W., 6 knots. Christchurch: 19deg., cloudy, S.W., 10 knots. Dunedin: 21deg., Cloudy, S.E., 2 knots. WORLD WEATHER Minimum and maximum temperatures in the main Australian cities yesterday were: Adelaide, 13, 27; Brisbane, 24, 34; Canberra, 11, 28; Darwin, 27, 32; Hobart, 14, 20; Melbourne, 13, 21; Perth, 15, 26; Sydney, 21, 25. Minimum and maximum temperatures in the main cities of the world in the last 24 hours were: Amsterdam, 3,8; Athens, 5, 12; Bahrain, 15, 22; Bangkok, 17, 31; Barbados, 25, 28; Beirut, 13, 18; Berlin, 1,5; Bermuda, 15, 21; Bogota, 3, 19; Brussels, 3,6; Buenos Aires, 23, 34; Cairo, 9, 19; Calgary, 1, 13; Caracas, 17, 26; Chicago, —5, 5; Copenhagen, 2,3; Curitiba, 16, 29; Denpasar, 23, 31; Dublin, 3, 5; Frankfurt, 2,6; Geneva, 2,9; ■Helsinki, —7, —5; Hong Kong, 15, 18; Honolulu, 16, 27; Islamabad, 3, 19; Istanbul, 2,6; Jakarta, 23, 31; Jerusalem, 6, 11; Johannesburg, 17, 30; Kiev, —B, —5; Kuala Lumpur, 23, 31; Lima, 18, 24; Lisbon, 5, 15; London, 4,9; Los Angeles, 17, 31; Madrid, -1, 8; Manila, 20, 32; Mexico City, 5, 18; Miami, 17, 20; Montevideo, 17, 34; Montreal, —l4, 2; Moscow, — 16, —11; Nassau, 20, 25; New Delhi, 5, 21; New York, -2, 4; Nicosia, 9, 14; Paris, 4, 10; Peking, —B, 0; Rio de Janeiro, 21, 32; Rome, —l, 13; San Francisco, 8, 13; San Juan, 19, 30; Santiago, 12, 28; Sao Paulo, 20, 28; Seoul, —l3, —3; Singapore, 21, 25; Stockholm, 0,1; Taipei, 15, 20; Tel Aviv, 11, 17; Tokyo, —l, 8; Toronto, —3, 1; Vancouver, 3, 13; Vienna, -8, —1; Warsaw, —9, 5.
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