WELCOME RAIN.
. Coy TBLKGRAm— PRESS ASSOCIATION.I , Christchurch, Marcli 19. Heavy rain set in early last night, and continues, with no sign of ceasing. It will do inestimable good to the country, which has been seriously feeling the cffects of the lone drought. , •
mi , ' , , Nelson, March 19. lhe long spell of dry weather has broken, there was steady rain last night and to-day, and a sharp fall in the barometer.
~ , Westport, March 19. n to on 2, 0 driest spells on rccord on the West Coast, splendid; rain .fell'throughout las night, and continued at intervals today. # It ■ is welcome all over tho district, .especially to tho mining industry, which had boon' partially suspended for want of water. 7? ifc W nmv ;be possible io put out tho Millerton mine fire.
, . . Dunedin, March 19. steady rain has been falling since last evening. _ This disposes' of any chance of establishing fresh records at to-morrow's athletic championship meeting.
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Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 461, 20 March 1909, Page 8
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154WELCOME RAIN. Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 461, 20 March 1909, Page 8
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