THE WEATEER.

Evening Post, Volume LVII, Issue 25, 31 January 1899, Page 6

THE WEATEER.

Another spell of bad Aveather set m yesterday, afternoon, brought along by the iiorlh-Avesb Avind which has been bloAving steadily since Saturday. It rained heavily in the night and this morning, and indications at the time of Avriting were that it was not going to break for the present. The rainfall in Wellington for the 24 hours ending at 9 o'clock this morning is reported by the Museum authorities to have been 1.22, or nearly 1^ inches. The velocity of the Avind for the same period Avas 700 miles, a record Avhich was chiefly put up in the night. The yacht Maritana, oAvned by Messrs. George Mcc and Co., broke away from her moorings off Thorndon-quay during yesterday afternoon, and drifted "in the direction of Te Aro. At some risk the boat Avas intercepted by Messrs. R. E. Harman, J. ShaAv (of the Rona), and Willason (owner of the Ripple), .Avho put off in a dingey, and after some trouble brought the yacht to a safe berth alongside Jervois-quay, where she Avas made snug Avith help from the shore. By their prompt action they probably saA^ed the yacht from being Avrecked on the Te Aro foreshore. The Hutt River oversowed between 6 and 7 o'clock this morning,, crossing the road by Mr. E. J. Riddiford's residence at the Hutt. \ The water began to subside Avhen the tide fell, and the road was clear of it this afternoon." No damage Avas done. The telegraphed weather reports indi-.j cate that the glass has fallen all over the colony since yesterday, and from Na- I pier south there has been rain. A westerly gale bIeAV all night at Napier,and a heavy northerly gale, with rain, at Farewell Spit, Avhile very heavy rain fell at the Bluff. Lyttelton and Christchurch Avere the only places in the south Avhere there Avas fine Aveather this morning. Nearly five inches of rain have fallen in Wellington this month. There Avere 15 days on which rain occurred, the fall during the 24 hours ended this morning being the greatest. In January of last year barely an inch fell ; and the average for January in previous years is a little under four inches. [by telegrapii — press association.] Westport, This Day. There has been very heavy rain for the last 36 hours. Some slight damage has been done to the railway line up country, and raihvay traffic as Avell as shipping movements are suspended. Invercargit/l, Tnis Day. Steady rain has fallen here for the last 12 hours.