WINTRY WEATHER
CONDITIONS AT WELLINGTON lUuiiad Press A Mancunian I WELLINGTON, This Day. Southerly squalls, with frequent heavy rain and hail, very cold temperatures, periodical thunder and lightning, were prevalent in thu last 48 hours and continue at Wellington, glints of sunshine intervening. SNOW AT ASHBURTON ASHBURTON, This Day. The Ashburton County had its first touch of winter last night when there was a fair sprinkling of snow in the borough and one and a half to two inches at Methven where it is rapidly thawing to-day. There were exceptionally heavy winds, one or two telephones and power lines being interrupted The weather is a great contrast to conditions a week or two ago when north-westerlies prevailed in .the borough, temperatures being on 15th May 74 degrees, 24th May, 71 degrees: sth June, 62.5 degrees; 9th June. 65 degrees. There was a frost of eleven de- j grees ysterday. Rain squalls are con-1 tinuing to-day.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXXIII, 13 June 1939, Page 4
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155WINTRY WEATHER Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXXIII, 13 June 1939, Page 4
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