DRY-LIPPED SUMMER

Evening Post, Volume CXV, Issue 12, 16 January 1933, Page 6

DRY-LIPPED SUMMER

There is a certain intensity in the heat that is rather un-Wellington, nevertheless a large number of people are deeply, enjoying this remarkably consistent run of fine weather; and resort to the open country —picnics, tramps, motoring, etc. ■ —has never been more the fashion than during .this December-January summer.. If it.should extend into February, Wellington will '•have Had an experience for which a parallel will not be'fouHd over years. Other parts of the North Island are not so unused to dry spells; still, one can hardly expect that the dairying season will be a long one unless a radical change in weather develops within the next four weeks. Both in 1931 and in 1930 February/was marked by torrential rain in one part of New Zealand .or another; Poverty Bay last February and North Auckland in the preceding February put up rainfall and,flood records. So it does not do to arrive at assumptions concerning New Zealand weather. As the rainfall map is largely the dairying map, ; rain is the greatest asset the small farmer in this country possesses. Meanwhile, in i its absence, more and more Wellington people seek the cool green bush and discover the beauties of that unique playground now known as the Water Board's Reserve. ■ , ■