THE WEATHER.
The protracted fine -weather has been the cause of the failure of practically all the turnip crops in the Feilding district. One tanner in this district has stated that where he wintered 1000 lambs last year, he will not now be abje to place 200 this winter. Crops that have been grown for green feed throughout the Wairarapa this season are stated to be -coming along fairly well notwithstanding the dry weather. The heavy dews that have fallen are no doubt responsible for this satisfactory state of affairs. The prospects are still for fine weather in the North Island, but unsettled in the South. Strong westerly winds may be expected, especially in the region of Foxeaux Strait. Cold nights axe also anticipated. A westerly disturbance has passed in the South, but as is usual at this season of the year it has not been so intense as in the Australian colonies. New Zealand eeems to Have been marvellously lucky lately in escaping these storms. They have been violent on the Australian coast, but on. reaching New Zealand have diminished in intensity.
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Evening Post, Volume LXXXI, Issue 83, 8 April 1911, Page 5
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183THE WEATHER. Evening Post, Volume LXXXI, Issue 83, 8 April 1911, Page 5
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