LITTLE LOCAL EFFECT

Evening Star, Issue 26028, 17 February 1947, Page 6

LITTLE LOCAL EFFECT

THE BIG STORM JUST GOLD AND SHOWERY Beyond a few passing showers and a cold, the weather in Dunedin during the height of the storm in the north gave no trouble. Most of the sporting,fixtures on Saturday were held as scheduled, although the attendances were not as large as they might havo been. Fixtures were interrupted by a few bfief showers in the afternoon, and it was still raining at intervals during the evening. Dunedin, however, was only on the fringe of the storm, which burst over the North Island and the northern part of the South Island.

The only effect the storm had on Dunedin was in the disruption of the air services between this city and Wellington, and the dislocation of telephone and telegraphic communication with districts north of Wellington. Passengers who travelled by the Hinemoa arrived in Dunedin over eight hours late by a special train which drew in at 0.40 on Sunday morning; Passengers travelling south from Dunedin were taken by railway bus, which arrived at Invercargill after 4 a.m. , Members of the theatrical company of Whitehall Productions' arrived in Dunedin by. this train, so that the season which was to have opened on Saturday had to be " postponed until to-night. The leading lady, Megs Jenkins, travelled by plane, which had a rough passage between Wellington and Christchurch, but was not unduly delayed.