RIVERLEA.

Hawera Star, Volume XLVIII, 6 April 1925, Page 8

RIVERLEA.

(From Our Own Correspondent )

METEOROLOGICAL

The month of March, taken all through, was fairly fine alter the first ten days, during which the weather was very broken, though there was a sharp and severe westerly depression ol three davs during the 26th, 27th and after which the wind veered to the S.E., and extreemly fine weather with a high barometer continued till the .end. The weather during these last few days was perfect, though somewhat cold at night, in fact on the 30th there was a trace of Irost, which is estraordinaxilv early for here. During the month there were two overcast days, and four which may he classed as dull. - Fifteen days were fair and ten fine, o) i which latter' four were clear davs. one of them, the 31st, being both calm land cloudless. Dpring theHirst four I days of the month the winds were | fairly strong, hut for the icst they varied from light to breeze, and time j were no heavy gales at all. The preI vailing winds during the month were westerly and southerly, and 011 only lour days were they nc.rth of west. ! I>ireet westerly wind blew on 11 me. clays, 1 S.WV on nine days, S.E. four days, ' south four days, north and N.\Y. two days each, and one day was calm. During the month the thermometer ranged from 51 deg. Fahr.' to Godtg. Fabr. at 9 a.m., and the highest tem- , perature recorded at noon was 69deg. and at night 40deg., though a frost ■ showed on the morning of the 30th no doubt the thermometer was lower before dawn that morning. The ba-to-meter ranged from 28.90 on the -tth to 29.78 on the 31st. Rainfall for the : month totalled 3.53 inches, which fell l on 11 davs, and is slightly below the average of my records, these, showing an average of 3.75 for the month. The even test precipitation was on the 4th i when 0.85 inches fell, and the minimum j was on the 16th, when only 0.01 war ! recorded. The wettest March in my records was that of 1918, when 7.01 m j fell on nine days, and the driest that ! of 1917, when only 0.47 inches fell dur ling the month, only two wet days beI ing recorded. This is also the driest ; month recorded here, the next be.iiy j December, 1916, when 0.54 inches fen 011 five days. The total precipitation for the quarter ended March 31 was 110.18 inches on 37 days, and the aver age is 12.08 on 32 days. The wettesi March quarter was that of 1916, when no less than 19.70 inches fell on 31 days, 'and the driest that of 1914, when 011 iy 6.47 inches fell on 26 days. Taking all in all. the quarter has been justabout an average one j GENERAL NOTES. ■ The Methodist Harvest Thanksgiving Service was held on Sunday last and was well attended. It was also fey way of being the farwell service of the Rev. Mr. Kendon, who is leaving for the Auckland district. On Monday evening a sale of produce was held in the hall and resulted in an ejo.vabie evening and a successful sale, which was conducted in his usual hajvpv style by Mr. A. E. Sadler. j The severe change in the weather on ! the 26th caused’a sharp decline in milk and a resultant drop in the output o; cheese- at the factory. Tests eontinbe slowly to move upwards and now ran t c frorii 3.8 to 5.5 The la&t few fins days have steadied the cows again, though generally speaking they are not holding up as well as last year, when there was such a phenomenal growth of grass during March and April, following the • very warm dry weather experienced ir. the first two months of last year. Rough feed is, however, much hioie plentiful and cows are holding theii condition well. The staff of the local school is non keeping the youngsters busy with lessons’ sent out twice weekly, /and the kiddies are taking a keen interest ir their work. No doubt both teachers and pupils will appreciate getting back to steady work again, and from the reports now coming in from all over the Dominion, showing such great improvement in 1 the position regarding the paralysis scourge, it seems quite possible that resumption of school after Easter is quite probable.