THE WEATHER.

Evening Post, Volume LXXV, Issue 53, 3 March 1908, Page 8

THE WEATHER.

RAIN FAIRLY GENERAL. [Bt Telegbaph. — Special to The Post J PAHIATUA, This Day. There was three hours steady lain yesterday, the iirsfc siuco the end of November. This morning the weather was broken, and we can anticipate rain. The farmers aro much brightened over the change in the weather. (By Telegraph — SrnorAL to Tue Post.} MASTERTON, This Day. Rain is falling. [By Telegraph. — Special ao The Post.] CHRISTCHURCIi, This Day. A cold south-west wind, with drizzling rain, camo up yesterday, and slight showers fell duiing the afternoon. In the evening the rain ceased, and the sky was clear before midnight. Showers, however, fell during the early hours of the morning, and to-day is again overcast, with more rain threatening. The rainfall in north Canterbury was insignificant. DANGER I'AST. The clouds do not yet seem to be quite sv.ro whether Wellington deserves a good sprinkling or not. They have been brooding over the city for a couple of days;, hovering heavily over the hills, and they have released very refreshing moisture, but only in drib- j lets. For the twenty-four hours pre- | ceding 9 a.m. to-day the total fall was .16 inch, an aggregate of .29 inch ior ! young March. From early evening till j midnight very gentle showers de?tend- ' ed, the sort of watering well liked by i plants. All the morning the rain has never been far away, and occasionally has come in respectable downpours, j Not the syo alone is needed to tell a I man that the drought has broken. The I rain moistens everybody s lips ; the people have their mouths full of it. Umbrellas, overcoats, roofs are not protection against it. Wherever the citizen goes it is thrust upon him. Two or three brief days ago the talk was all drought ; now it is all rain. It is impossible to buy anything, sell anything, eat anything without having rain put into it by somebody. Practically tho whole of Few Zeeland has shared in the visitation which has gladdened Wellington, and has made baths possible once more- ou tlrs heights, j v Even Uhr stchurch, which ha< been try- j ing to discover whether there was ever such a dry time as *he recent one since the sun was invented, has nol been | | ignored by the celestial water-carriers. I Plenty of "rain," "overcast," "gloomy" and "drizzle" besprinkled the chart issued at 9 o'clock. WAINFI RE.SEROIR RISING. The mcnTuers of tho City Council and staff are rnpking their annual visit of inspection to the W:tinui reservoir. Advices from tho party aro that the water is now. thanks to the recent rain, within 15in of the overflow. Yesterday the level had dropped^ to about sft. 'below the overflow, so that the present condition of things must, bo regarded as highly satisfactory.