Rain in Wanganui.

Manawatu Standard, Volume 3, Issue 54, 27 January 1883, Page 3

Rain m Wanganui.

' [Thursday's Herald] Last evening a heavy rainfall set m which turned some of the streets intb miniature rivers* Numerous enquiries c were made for the Corporation employes . to clear the! outlets for the-water which rendered StHill Street, Kidgway Street vand -the Avenue vjmpassable. tftfivabout half an hour.; The rain cleared oft about 8 p.m., but showers fell during the night, and during this afternoon.' The change m the weather has been . .eagerly looked for, especially m the country hut the rain which, has falleu • ljas been by no means general. .Npr|h of Branswibk and within a few miles 'of .town on the south side, there, was scarcely any rain at all,^and even where there was a passing shower. its effect wac very sligjjt, , a 8 seen bj..tjbie bush fires ' wnich havjß been burning tboday almost as briski^ as ever. "What rain has .alien wilf have a salutary .effect, ho«f- --" ever, and Beryeß ( to cheer the drooping hearts of farmprg.