SNOWFALL IN OTAGO
ROADS BLOCKED BY DRIFTS. SEVERE EARLY WINTER. STORM. (Bv Telegiapb—cross Associatioa.) DUNEDIN, May 26. The snowfall at Dunedin and in Otag,, was -particularly heavy yesterday. Reports this morning are that the roads at Roxburgh and Alexandra are impassable through drifts. The main road over Mount Cargill was also impassable for some hours. Several motors attempting the passage yesterday came to grief in ditches. The storm locally was the most severe experienced for many years so early in the season. The wind and driving snow were like a blizzard. There is clear, cold sunshine to-day.
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Hawera Star, Volume LI, 27 May 1932, Page 4
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