BLEAK WEATHER

Evening Post, Volume CXIV, Issue 19, 22 July 1932, Page 6

BLEAK WEATHER

LITTLE CHANGE LIKELY^

Cold southerly weather prevailed yesterday, and. there were f showers in places along the East Coast as. far north as Castle Point. The greater part **of the Dominion, however, experienced fair to fine weather, although temperatures everywhere were on'the cold'side. An extensive area of low pressure now lies to the eastward of the Dominion, and barometers have been falling slowly since yesterday, more especially from Cook Strait southward, owing to the development of a slight secondary off the West Coast of the South Island., On account of this winds were more variable this morning, and, although showers had ceased along the East Coast, at 9 a.m. it was raining in parts of Nelson and about •Fovcaux Strait.

Cold and cloudy southerly weather prevailed in Auckland yesterday, but the night was clear. It was cold and bleak in Wellington, too, occasional light showers falling at times. At 3.50 p.m.: there was a slight hail shower at Kelburn, and a few flakes , of snow Were reported as having fallen at* Eastbourne" about the same time. The rainfall in Lowor Hutt yesterday was two points, and there were four degrees of frost there last night, but the rainfall at Kelburn was not. enough to be measured. Snow'was in evidence this morning on the Tararnas and traceß of a white mantle could be seen in patches ©n: the Orongorongos. Cold southerly showers fell in Christchureh yesterday, there being some snow in the morning. During tho • afternoon, 'however, thcro was intermittent sunshine.. By nightfall wind and cloud had decreased and nine degrees of .'frost' were recorded. Cold and unsettled weather with occasional rain; was also the lot of Dunedin. There was heavy rain there^ last night with intermittent sn6w;sbowers.

Variable winds arc forecasted to-day, with moderate southerner, to southwesterlies prevailing^. The weather should be' mainly fair,' but with considerable cloud and in. places mist. There is a possibility of ■scattered'rain, especially in the" central part of the Dominion (which in this case includes Wellington) and, in. far southern districts. Temperatures will still be cold.

The trustees of the Commercial Travellers' and Warehousemen's Blind Soldiers' and Sailors' Fund have received £50 from the Otago Commercial Travellers' and Warehousemen's Association, being the amount allocated to the Blind Soldiers' and Sailors' Fund, j?i ('oiincctjon with its "Big Day effort.