COOL AND UNSETTLED

Evening Post, Volume CXXX, Issue 108, 2 November 1940, Page 8

COOL AND UNSETTLED

WEEKEND WEATHER

Special forecast for Wellington:— Moderate to strong north-westerly winds.

Weather unsettled and cooler, with

intermittent rain or drizzle.

The forecast for the Dominion as a whole, issued at noon today by the Meteorological Office for the ensuing 24 hours, is for south-westerly winds at times over the southern half of the South Island, but otherwise northerlies to westerlies prevailing, force mainly light to fresh, but strong at first in exposed positions about Cook Strait and in the South Taranaki Bight. The weather will be mainly fair east of the ranges, but cloudy and unsettled over the remainder of the country, with further rain in Westland and intermittent drizzle or rain extending to western areas of the North Island. Temperatures will be mild in the north and moderate in the south.

The anti-cyclone covering the New Zealand area has been losing intensity, and has been moving eastwards, while pressure in the south has fallen rapidly with the advance of a deep depression across the South Tasman Sea. Except for a fresh north-easterly on the east coast of the South Island, winds yesterday were mainly light and variable and the weather was fine. This moi-ning there was a general increase in cloud, and winds freshened from the northern quarter. Scattered rain is reported in western and southern districts of the South Island. Temperatures have been moderate to mild.

Fine weather was experienced in all four main centres yesterday. In Auckland and Wellington winds were light, while in the two other centres a fresh north-easterly blew during the day. Skies clouded over this morning in all four centres. Some light rain fell at Dunedin and a few drops in Christchurch and Wellington. Sunshine in Wellington yesterday was 11.9 hours. The maximum temperature was 62.4 degrees and the minimum 47.8.

"The wool being sent to us by the Government to make garments for soldiers would put Jacob's coat -to shame," [said Miss B. E. Carnachan at a meetling of the Auckland Metropolitan Patriotic Committee. Miss Carnachan produced samples of green, pink, and multi-coloured wools which had been received. She pointed out that the correct colours were being supplied for the Navy and Air Force, while men in the Army had to put up with these colours. Miss E. Melville said pink j scarves and mittens would scarcely be: suitable for the Army. It was decided j to make representations to the Gov- j eminent to obtain khaki wool, j