THE WEATHER AND THE CROPS
[BT TELEGEArH.—MESS ASSOCIiTIOS.] Christchurch, December 20. - .Heavy rain , commenced to fall .yesterday afternoon, but tho .weather- cleared at midnight. ' The rain will do immense good to the country, but- there iniist be a much heavier fall soon if the harvest is to bb up to the average. ; Carterton,- December 20. Tho prolonged;,drought;herd broke yesterday, when heavy rain fell continuously for sovoral hours.. Tho country was greatly in need of tho rain. Tho milk supplies at tlie factories wore falling' considerably, crops were drying up, and tho. prospccts generally woro bad. ' _ Hastings,-December 20: Tho sky,is overcast. Tho heat is less intense, but it is still.rainless.
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Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 75, 21 December 1907, Page 6
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109THE WEATHER AND THE CROPS Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 75, 21 December 1907, Page 6
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