SNOW ON THE MAIN TRUNK.

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1480, 1 July 1912, Page 4

SNOW ON THE MAIN TRUNK.

*- HEAVIEST FALL FOR YEARS. •The hoariest snowfall experienced for years is reported us having occurred during the .past week over an area of close upon 100 miles south of Taumarumii, both along the route of the Main Trunk lino and inland on either side, ears the Auckland "Herald" of Friday la'st. Passengers by train to Auckland stato that not only aro the hills and mountainous country traversed by the express covered with a white mantle of snow, but in some, places, particularly on llio Waimarino Plains, it lies a foot deep on the- flats close to the railway tracks. Snowballing waseindnlged in at several stopping places en route by the passengers who made the journey last Wednesday night. "It was the only way we could keep warm," sai<l ouo of the travellers in question. He added that he did not remember seeing so heavy a fall of snow in such proximity to the railway before. In many places tho snow lay a foot deep. Tongariro, Ngauruhoe, and the Euapehu aro covered with snow, and it has been tho subject of remark how much more of the lower slopes of the'so mountains than usual have been snow-clad. The lower ranges surrounding the mountains arc also covered. The district affected by tho snowfall along tho Main Trunk lino extends roughly from Tauniarunui to ilaiigaweka.