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Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume XLII, Issue XLII, 28 March 1922, Page 4

I . • — "Is August the last month of winterin J\ew Zealand, or the first month ofe spring?" inquires a correspnodent of the Wellington Post. On the. matterbeing referred to the Dominion Meteorologist (Mr D. C. Bates;, he stated: "brreat differences or opinion have> arisen as -to the actual dates of the i commencment of tne seasons, mainiyI through astronomical conditions. Of' • course the sun is the ruler of the climate, but meteorological effects follow the (what may be called) astronomical, seasons. Thus, the warmest part of the year follows Midsummer Day; and some people would maue midsurainw, midwinter, and equinoxes only the commencement of the seasons, while others^ mane them the middle of the seasons. But neither would be correct in a, meteorological sense, and the division jiaopted by meteorologists is (in this, hemisphere) to divide the seasons as. follows:—Winter: June, July, August; spring. September, October, November; summer: December January ( February; autumn: March, April, May. As all meteorological records are- ! kept in months, the coming of winter and spring is different in dif-. ferent years, and there are? differences in harvest in the North and South Islands of New Zealand. The seasons also differ in length in dif-. i ferent countries, but as a general rule- ; the seasons, divided as I have given you, on this side of thg world ~:A their . corresponding months in the Old, an--swer all practical .purposes.". Have you seen these wonderful1 values? Sport corsets, from 8s lid; Warner's rustproof corsets, from 8s lid' to 355; D. and A. corsets. 10s 6d to j 29s 6d; children's jersey dresses, sizes. I 20, 22 and 24. pretty shades; from 24s ■6d; children's velvet dresses, saxe, navy, brown and red, 32s 6d; children's velour hats, all shades, 19s 6d, 22s 6d; children's black beaver hats,. 22s 6d; ladies' velour hats, fancystitched, £5 17s 6d, £6 17s 6d; coats, £16 10s; fine selection of furs from 18s 6d. Special value chiffon velveteens, 4s lid. At the Busy Draper's J. C. Gillett.—Advt. Good cooks waste nothing. They prefer Sharland rs Baking Powder because it ensures best results and- i* clj9a*>est-—Advt.