THE WEATHER.
SUMMARY AND FORECAST.
Present indications are for westerly breezes nqrthwafd «f N"ow Plymouth. and- Caetlepoint, and for .. high, and , sqiiaily westerlies in an/d south of Ctfo'k Stro.it; foir to cjeiidy wea-thier in tile , north and Eaet tjbfet districts, wi rein on the West Gfoo.ii di&Vrtets. Barometer unsteady, with a lalilai tendency everywhere, . Moderate to strong jjortli-ftjgteTl-Jf. to soiitn-weiterly winds fiago preyeiledj .and [air to cloudy weather, his. beei .ejecriericcd generally, tlic lias h^i unsteady, fallins; i» the sohth caWy tofdaj. . ' , ft 0; BATES; Meteorological OEce. TTaUißEtan... April 1. 1914. ' '
DISTRICT REPORTS, (From Our Own Ciirf.eisiioiidcn.fe.} ' OUiki, April I.—Siin*iii:ne. ■ Tadhape,. April 1.-GalEii.,;an<l Wansaniii, April and ciWair, Palinerston North-, Featherston, April 1.-^Fjno , and brjght. Mastorton, April 1.-=Fife.
The following, jjuiilfslrec} iii ait <>xcbange, is taken Frail a private letter, written from Lufpaatals&l.eij :ja tljo Transvaal: —"AVe iirt) having a tt&rsc drought this year ti'vnh vra had last. Up •tei tlit* present wo have had vain om otily throe days; these Wrfr in ■oct!jl)er. Tlmy brought '.in VciSPtatipii luxiinatitlj,' lor about a month Mlowiiig., but siirco then ■ wfe have only lintl an bd/t sfiowcj- or two. Tiii? veld, is qtiite ■' brpwft ivM) dried up ngairi, and tlifere' is in store for hhhdrods pf slSpiid} , Whviljrinvolved farmers. On {lie larma ut Kiihbcrly Jiot a tlfop has _fr.Jlen siiice April, so that you mi itliflg«i<? the rtiii(iitioii of stork di'itvu tlwte. Ow. rainy suiisim oiijilit to begin Jlj Spjitonibcf or October, and Inst, tirl Mardi, -so licit if rain falls in I'Vlirtm vy ibero will ho lie only :i month's j;ra)wth. for wilttcv fectl. Of course, w« (ten't expoet n cloud in tiio sky-' frem SSarefi till this l'ellotving Sepiembei' or October."
M'Clinton's Coltein Bozp toutifies ihi aollifieb the skip. H.-is * , d«U£Wul atoeu, Products a Jatner like- liquid veh«t.-Adv>-
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Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2113, 2 April 1914, Page 4
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296THE WEATHER. Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2113, 2 April 1914, Page 4
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