METEOROLOGICAL.
THE SUN. , The sun sets to-day at 4.42 p.m ; rises to-morrow at 7.10 .a.m. THE MOON. The moon rises to-day at 0.4 a.m. ; sets to-morrow at 1.50 p.m. LOCAL REPORT. The maximum temperature recorded • yesterday was 77 degrees and the minimum 44 degrees. At nine o’clock tin’s morning the barometer registered 29.44 inches, and the thermometer 50 degrees. The rainfall last month was 8.14 in. on ten days, as compared with 8.68 in. on fifteen days in March, 1916. WEATHER REPORT. Westport. —Wind, south-east, light ; barometer. 29.45 ; thermometer, 5.1 ; tides, moderate; liar, smooth. Creymoutli.— Wind. east, light; barometer. 29.44; thermometer, 50; tides, good ; bar, slight swell. THE WEATHER, The indications are for westerly winds, strong to gale and backing by west to south. Expect dull weather with much mist and fog in parts. Heavy rain is to be expected with rivers rising shortly. The barometer has a falling tendency, hut rising shortly. Tides good and sea heavy and 1 increasing on the const. —•■"Maaaaaw
PHASES OF THE MOON—MAT. Full Moon 7th 2.13 p.m. Last Quarter . 14th 1.18 p.m. New Moon 0.17 p.m. First Quarter .<.... 29th 11.4 a.m. Perigee 6.6 p.m. Apogee 28th 8.54 a.m.
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Greymouth Evening Star, 15 May 1917, Page 7
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