HANMER UNDER SNOW

Evening Star, Issue 16783, 11 July 1918, Page 2

HANMER UNDER SNOW

A Dunedin lady writes tn us fr-m Hanmer Springs, under date July 6, »b follows : The 2Slh June was a perfect day—clear, blue dev and. b: iAit sunshine. ihe 30th was dull, showers of ram and sleet falling all day. At night it sue wed heavily, ( and continued wit hoc. i cessation until the ! evening ol the 3id July, by which time ! there was fullv oft of .-mow over the whole on.;,try—fen,, to out ox sight, window ; iet'gcs cove re 1 up (o die second pane, i many feet ot un.-w lying on every roof, i call.airdmus almost lu.w ccss,b.e, As trie ! time* tivl olf Aha - >d, it .«,oii joined the I ho.;t-5 f>n tne g‘-i ’l. m ih'l’; the routm-s | (.ihu, nark. l U' .uun of the verandahs ! de:,:;.,:d .mu Irk' u. 'n >iy tvse.- nectSsiS cauhg st. jri •» pun s sviin; placed all 1 moia,; i u u. to io j i.u it it ralhiig da. J‘j s ~ .imi,' coir', .led twisted in all duvi Uon.i. .Men went- t-u the roofs and Miov-'ded down uio aitav by tons to i i.r-jv-.-ut there labim; in. j ' At Queen Alary UorpiAd, where there ! an. 130 s k’uers, the wav was 4ft deep ; tils! inal an i long veranda its running ! a und v:;a tv bole fnntt of the big building : i :,a..,‘;;e p.ith-a spent hoi:it. on the tools ■ ie’-vc hug oil idle snow end clouting paths ■ tiirov.ii the -aideiis to the pest oUice au-.i ; .iwelheg-iKm.-cs. Um: walked along a nar- [ raw p.au of trodden ; now a ho. deep, : id!h troiis or chnei\f'Uiv from hit to oft hi. u. i'iie t Iconic Lyiifc went off, which w. Ale tn.iv.es very try ire:. Two tueu v ,-i.t oat to tiie loowar tour miles away, uiode rein;ns, rnd spent tiio night in a hat. A pr i t-y on horm-mwk went oat in silo mom. eg and 100. ught iheiu in. !,etas, {■■utiilfs, oini...eys. .md verandahs ’veto broken down in isli dire, lions. The . .iih ir-.Uie.-; v..no cc -.w.l lor two days, lae mailt, got iiiroinji To at A ways on the . i . out lu.t again suuii tne CVoT.’.ng of no out, when ion mad was carried up on | ia“ t by tv.o Min. Au new-papas came Li.e.cijji, iiny loLn.ra-,, in we mvo find no v,vr news. fkts iad who weal divan alone on horselow k with tire mail uii the hot luil a terrible imi-c. He loft hero ;.l d a.m., arrivlo. 1 ol L'aiveruen, a ui.-i.uici- of only 25 nine-., at U p.m. Ihe horse knocked up, woe. lie hud to hard 0. iho lad live IliiioS, wwc t.ic poor iv, m,.t a Uadi of blend ii'oiu its oriused legs. Joe hoy von! in a s. coud.ln.u. v, as pin. to be 1, o.uu a doet. wa,. lor. tie is now very ill. Iriero I e-u ic,;i a.,y.ue c..t:iiliUil ta l u since tun oolii, no wares down. a.u even tne iron )w-0., m ■..;.*([ ,p. i cdor the nre- ■ ■ e.’.t Li>i.ti.t....n.s o, a- i.n.i,.idy iii.,t complete j Up.iliu call m 3 nude ior no.iiy weeks. iho I ai.ont, et lno ninmn.l.s ~e n,i.i.il. vows anti iOsi.::ea mot ilia rose.e.any e. an-,, d wn 1. uk.n ? lur i ■ .in bev a,n,,.,i i.,,' deer tame ! cowu c,u.a. fn ruo iiaao-is iivtu tne i pliable bilk | liw h.il was indeed the “Glorious; couth' iu us, a.-, u tame in with brilliant sunwiiEim mod er.oe -.lr-p tsiiv, whan ye h.tdn t won tor p,nr i!.-.ys. j hen ik.l--lo’Avd u. Host ut tdaeir. ana lueu a uur’-we-sier uikl rain, wh.iii mas melted the s ll o\v 11enix-inloiisl',, a; .I t ov-re serins a nope of the motors getting uirouah to Gul\ordtir in a few days, v.u.,-: there will be .os exi.-dtis from f; unmet'. Wulnmg is difal ml firux'S, and one is gud to accept tile tviioily olloitu limp ot the sciti.cits. there ~)■•:■ no shioil ,■ ~-s among 1..0 se-I.iiers, ..ml cvcnmio seems bent on i u. -k.ng file s,-i of Uie s.tu.it,mi. Snow- i oaliUig w,i., at. hist tile ounoe of the dav. i ine oklest, mmilalnais on ti lann a'lv tiiat 1 f-.-.ro an... nut mvn a Jail ci miow enuai to I •’ J'-.e n r er ou ye.ns. It. is pm- | ;; J to lake r, srwv iJi.i.gh with a team , m.nx-es to t'u.veJoen to ,rv to nn,<ie a iu.nl u.r tne inot-.n- to '.ait down |