HEAVY SNOWFALLS

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LII, Issue 163, 8 July 1918, Page 4

HEAVY SNOWFALLS

CANTERBURY SETTLERS ISOLATED.,^ (United Press A«Bociatioß.y CHRISTCH.U.RCH, July <S. ( Some of the residents m the Arthur * Pass district are reported provisions. It is hoped to leach thes© Solated places to-morrow. It is now a week dnce the la*t tram carrying; supplies went through to Arthurs Supplies are also running very low at Hanmer Springs, where at J^ Cst reports there ,was about 4ft of Btio . Attempts are still being , made t*> getprovisions through to Lake ColeridgeThe position of the telegraph sen-vice is improving. Two lines arc avaalable on fcho West V pving ed communication with Wellington. Ine East Coast lines are still dxnvn, and) there are small prospects of their being; restored until some days have elaps-eCTo-day throughout Canterfciary the temperature was very maid, with brightsunshine. Under conditions sstehi a& these the snow will soon disappear'.REMOVAL OF; SHEEP. ! . Jvr'TIMAIRU, This Day.. Yeetepday 124 trucks of slieep I the isiu'ow-coVered iMaidkencrie Counliry j were railed from i' airlio, an*! 100 trucks to-day. s LAKE COLERIDGE OOMMIONL CATION ESTABLISHED'. 1 CHRISTCHUIRtOH, This Day.,. Communication with Coleridge is again established, a party getting through yesterday, and the electric current is now available on both lilies , jto the j city.