WINTRY WEATHER

Gisborne Times, Volume LXIII, Issue 10095, 7 September 1925, Page 5

WINTRY WEATHER

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IN TIAIARU. HEAVY SNOW IN INVERCARGILL. (PRESS ASSOCIATION.) TIAIARU, Sept. 5. Shortly before midnight a severe hail-storm broke over a _ portion of Timaru, lasting twenty minutes. Some of the stones were as large as marbles, causing much damage to spring flowers and glass houses in the- area affected. Hail lay two or three inches deep this morning, but quickly melted. Telephonic communication wns interrupted for a time. INVERCARGILL, Sept. 0. Heavy snow fell during the nightand this morning. The ground was covered to a depth of about a foot. Fortunately, lambing is not general yet, and there are signs of it clearing. It is thirty years since a similar fall occurred.

THUNDERSTORM IX AUCKLAND. 'P2ESS ASSOCIATION > AUCKLAND, Sept. 5. A violent thunderstorm occurred in the city and suburbs early this morning. A shop in upper Symonds street had the front blown in.

Very heavy weather is reported on the West Coast, and no steamers arc able to leave Oneliunga to-day. SNOW FALL IN WESTLAND. (PRESS ASSOCIATION.) GREYMOUTH, Sept. .5. An unusual climatic variation 101 the West Coast has been the invasion on the lower-lying margin during the past couple of days of snow. Nearly on Saturday the fall was general along the western foothills of the Southern Alps and was substantial on the 1 araroa ranges, several inches being recorded at such places at Ivokotani, Kanieri, Lake Inchbonnie and Jvumara, while Hokitika, and Greymouth were sprinkled with snow on batmday morning and night. '' c ' a " ther cleared this morning upon the cessation of the cold south-westerly wind.

HEAVY SNOW FALL IN DUNEDIN

DUNEDIN, Sept. 6.

Bitter cold on Saturday gave waytowards evening to snow which set ini after nightfall in earnest. V hen sun rose this* morning snowf was flying about particularly thick on the higher leve’s, and lingered all day.