It has been said that a Wellingtonian visiting any other town in New Zealand can always be recognised by his instinctive raising of his hand to his hat as he approaches a street corner. And. Indeed, this habit is a most necessary procedure in a day such as was experienced yesterday. At some intersections so great was the force ot the wind that one could almost lean on it. Then could townsfolk distinguish the visitors to Wellington—the hardened citizen of the Capital City held on to his hat firmly, while those less wary, found to their cost that headgear* does not remain in its position in Wellington, as it does in places which receive a lesser share of wind.
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Dominion, Volume 23, Issue 81, 30 December 1929, Page 7
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