Heavy frosts chill Hanmer
Hanmer Springs is experiencing its hardest series of frosts in about 13 years, according to its long-serving policeman, Senior Constable Peter Gilfedder. Records kept by Timberlands confirm that the township is going through a chilly spell. Readings taken at 9 a.m. on Thursday and yesterday showed 11 deg. of frost. There were 9deg. frosts the previous six mornings. Constable Gilfedder said it was the longest spell of hard frosts he could recall for 13 years, when the township weath-ered-five to six weeks of almost continuous frosts. The two plumbers in the town and council staff had been busy dealing with burst pipes. Wise bach owners drained the water system in their homes during the winter to avoid bursting pipes, he said. The forestry manager for Timberlands at Hanmer Springs, Mr Murphy Ihe, said that overnight air temperatures had been dropping as low as —Bdeg. “I have been talking to a few locals. This is the worst they have seen for a long, long time.” f-.
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