COLD WEATHER

Evening Post, Volume CXXV, Issue 108, 10 May 1938, Page 10

COLD WEATHER

BUT FAIR TO FINE

Special forecast for Wellington:— Moderate to strong: south-westerly winds, decreasing tomorrow. Weather fair to fine and cold, and probably some frosts tonight. i The general forecast for the Do*minion as a whole, issued at noon today for the ensuing twenty-four hours, is for moderate to strong south-west-erly to southerly winds, decreasing tomorrow. A few scattered showers are still probable at first in coastal areas, but the weather for the most part should be fine. Temperatures will be cold, with many frosts tonight. The depression off the East Coast of the North Island yesterday was filling rapidly in a south-easterly direction. The westerly depression passed in the night, and the cold front associated with it travelled Up the South Island, reaching by 9 a.m. today as far north as New Plymouth and Castlepoint. It was accompanied by a change to strong southerly winds and was followed in many places by sharp showers, but the latter were confined principally to coastal areas. An improvement in the • weather has since followed. South-westerly to southerly, winds are now almost general and temperatures have remained cold. In spite of there still being much wind and cloud about, frosts were reported last night from a number of places. It was rather .cloudy in Auckland yesterday afternoon, but otherwise the weather was fine. There were showers about this morning, but the weather was still for the most part fine. Winds have been moderate and have veered gradually from the south-east to the south-west, and temperatures have been cool. Wellington had fine but cold weather yesterday, 8.4 hours of bright sunshine being recorded. A light northerly breeze prevailed, but this morning the wind changed to the south and freshened, and a few brief but sharp showers fell, eight points of rain being recorded at Kclburn. The maximum temperature yesterday was 58.8 degrees and the minimum 52.8 degrees.

Christchurch has had clear and cold weather. A light north-easterly breeze prevailed yesterday, but before midnight a south-westerly wind set in, the change being followed by showers. At 9 a.m. today the weather was almost clear again.

Though clear in Dunedin yesterday it was very cold. In the morning a light north-westerly breeze was blowing. but the southerly change reached there in the afternoon and showers fell during the night. The weather this morning was clearing there also.

Libya is his central position in his anti-British plans. Every disturbance in the Near Eastern equilibrium is likely to favour his plans. He would certainly welcome the dispatch of the' British Mediterranean Fleet to the Far East as strengthening his own naval position in the Mediterranean. Even if his larger plans cannot be achieved (and they certainly cannot be achieved without a war) he continues to exercise a pressure with which he. hopes to secure recognition of his Abyssinian empire and to raise hi's bargaining power in any negotiations with Great Britain and France.