THE SNOW IN THE SOUTH
[hi tkmsgbaph.— fbkbb assooiatlok.] Ashbdbton, This Dat. The heaviest snow ever seen here fell this morning. There was five inches on the ground at 9 o'clook. The wind is from the south-east, and it is still (11 a.m.) snowing, with no sign of clearing. Invebcabgill, This Dat. Snow has been falling sinoe yesterday. Dunbdin, This Day. The weather ia bitterly oold. It is now mowing. Timabu, This Day. Six inches of snow fell at Fairlie yesterday and last night. There is a wintry wind here to-day, and snow-olouds are pa3sing at sea. Wellmon John Young and assistant, who got through from Fairlia to Pukaki last week and back to Fairlie on Saturday night, report 2ft of snow between Burke'a Paea and Tekapo, 21ft at Tekapo and Balmoral, 3ft to 3Jft at Wold'a Plain, 2ft at Simon's Pass, and lift at Pukaki. As far as the eye can sco there ia very little bare gronnd visible. Throngh the extreme cold dogs have been frozen, and small birds are dropping off the trees at the homesteads. Two men got through with great difficulty. Their horse 3 had icicles sin or Gin long from their nostrils.
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Evening Post, Volume L, Issue 25, 29 July 1895, Page 3
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198THE SNOW IN THE SOUTH Evening Post, Volume L, Issue 25, 29 July 1895, Page 3
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