BETTER CONDITIONS SOON
The moat striking feature of the weather chart, this .morning was the prevalence of southerly gales along .the east coast, with very heavy seas and high tides. Only one or two southerly gales are reported from the West Coast, where the seas range from rough to heavy. Rain fell in most parts of, the country last night. and_ there was snow on the hills around Kaikoura.
There has.been a ■ marked rise in. the barometer, and a decided improvement in the weather prospects .generally was noticed this morning, but conditions just at the moment are a little changeable. It was cold last night, but a colder night is expected to-night. Passing showers may be experienced in the meantime, and frosts inland in the South Island,
The weather was at its maximum in Wellington about midnight last night, gusts occasionally, reaching a velocity of forty miles per hour. It was practically calm between the hours of 6 p.m. and 8 p.m., but then the southerlies freshened, and the skies clouded over, again.
The centre of the cyclone which recently struck the north of New Zealand and travelled down the. West Coast, is now estimated to be between 400 and 450 miles to the east- of New Zealand. '
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Evening Post, Volume XCV, Issue 69, 21 March 1918, Page 7
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