THE WEATHER
GALE AT TOKOMARU BAY. WHARF DECKING DISPLACED. ' TOKOMARU”BAY, May 5. The Arahura did not work Saturday. A heavy southerly was blowing, .with a big sea, and running waves washing over the wharf. This morning the sea displaced several planks of the wharf decking and also washed away a sheet of iron from the pump house situated on the wharf. Captain Plummer states it is the heaviest sea tfor two years. The rainfall siuv-o night totalled 4 inches.— Special.
COED SNAP AT TA PRANG A. TAURANGA, May 5. A marked cold snap on Saturday and yesterday resulted in a fall of temperature last night to thirtynine degrees. It was severely felt after the unusually high readings of the past few months.—P.A. NO ABATEMENT IN WINTRY CONDITIONS. HEAVY SEAS IN THE BAY. Yesterday the prevalent wintry weather continued. In place of the previous day’s steady rain there were squally blasts of great severity, when the wind drove the rain .so fiercely that it stung almost like hail Heavv seas are still running m the Bay. The wind at an early hour this morning swung round from south to south-east, and showed no signs of abating. Gisborne is not alose in its chilly conditions, for reports from other centres indicate that the coid spell is general.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/GIST19240506.2.22
Bibliographic details
Gisborne Times, Volume LX, Issue 9797, 6 May 1924, Page 5
Word Count
215THE WEATHER Gisborne Times, Volume LX, Issue 9797, 6 May 1924, Page 5
Using This Item
The Gisborne Herald Company is the copyright owner for the Gisborne Times. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International licence (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of the Gisborne Herald Company. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in