IN OTHER PARTS
;? HEAVYI RAIN REPORTED
t CHRISTCHURCH, 10th Dec. '■jThere was a break in the drought this evening, misty rain falling for a period. The change iii conditions was welcomed. Heavy;rain set in just before midnight. 'h \%.^* c-..: ^,_:^v'. Later. _ j The-jain, ceased -about daybreak, leaving th>; country -stSU. parched, but the fall i^greatly' appreciated, and will do muchjgooa -in the country. The fall in the city-was-.3B2in.i'making a total fall for thirty:days of .389iri. . The rainfall to; date foit-the.'year .is-29in., as compared with lKn. up;to the; same date last year. " -; .-.. ' :
\l TIMABU, 10th December. 'After several weeks' dry spell, with hiat ranging up' to 90 . degrees, rain which fell on Satorday night and Sunday ■was" laugmented this evening by" a heavy ■warm downpour. Moisture is still falling .-steadily. "It will mean many thousands to the farming community in South Canterbury..
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Evening Post, Volume CVI, Issue 140, 11 December 1923, Page 8
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