WEATHER IMPROVING

Evening Post, Volume CXIV, Issue 130, 29 November 1932, Page 6

WEATHER IMPROVING

SHOWERS ON THE COAST

The weather wilL: still bo '"'cool and changeable with further showers,'more especially in coastal districts, but wi?.l gradually improve, according to the forecast issued at noon to-day. Moderato to strong-south-westerly to southerly winds -will prevail "at first, t>ufc-will gradually decrease to-night.'. ; ■' The top of the' intense depression which moved'.■'Very rapidly on to the Dominion yesterday passed aastward last night, and a change from; strong north and west winds to south-wester-lies has since taken place. The weather was\mainly fine and warm yesterday except for some scattered' showers in the western and far southern districts. In the night, however, it became unsettled, heavy rain falling, at" places in the western districts and showers being experienced; generally. By this morning a decided drop in temperatures had taken place. - . . iAt Auckland the. weather was/fair yesterday, but last "night the southwesterly wind became strong and squallyj.and some heavy rain fell. A strong north-westerly wind blew in Wellington and increased in force in the: evening. The day was .fine, warm, and pleasant. About 4 a.m. to-day the wind changed to southerly, and in the early morning hours two points of rain fell. ' ..'-.. : ■..■-' ~ Christchurch had. fair but cloudy weather with a north-westerly, wind, which increased to gale force during the afternoon. During the night the wind changed to south-westerly. At Dunedin .the weather was dull, and in the late afternoon heavy showers fell. A fresh -north-westerly wind blew, but since last night it has backed to south-westerly. ■ . :'

Advice was received at last night's meeting of the Technical College Board of Governors that the prizes in the League of Natious Union cssar-% "'Sew Zealand's Obligations to Samoa under the League of Nations Mandate," nail been awarded to ilavis Oaks and TV". S. Trethew&y, students of the Technical College. Tile essays of J. A. Nice; (Wellington College) and Kathleen Ross (Wellinuton Girls' College) jvero highly; commended,