DISTRICT NEWS.
(Own Correspondent.) BUAtfAXGATA* The rainfall for the month of November recorded at Buatangata was 10.51 in. and tie maximum fall 1.78 in. on the 9th. For the corresponding month last year it was 3.94 in. and the maximum fall .60 in. on the 3rd. Sain fell upon 19 days being the same as November twelve months ago. A light frost was recorded on the 2nd, and twelve mornings were overcast at 9 a.m , constituting a record for some time past. The prevailing winds were from the North to easterly quarter. The highest reading of the thermometer at it a.m. in the shade was 72 deg. Fah. on the 28th, and the lowest 61 deg. Fah. oi' the 2nd. The highest reading of the barometer (uncorrected) at 9 a.m. was .'{0.12 deg. qii the oOth and the lowest 29.18 on the 16th. The mean temperature for the month (fit 9 a.m.) was 66 deg. Fah. The rainI'aH for the month was heavy up to tho -Oth, hindering farming operations, but rxn that onward splendid weathei , prevailed.
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Northern Advocate, 5 December 1916, Page 2
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