38 DEGREES
FROST IN CENTRAL OTAGO BOTTLES AND EGGS CRACK Dunedin, July 2. Extraordinarily heavy frosts have been experienced in Central Otago following the snow earlier in the week, and temperatures below zero have been recorded in several districts. At Oturehua, where two feet of snow is lying, 38 degrees of frost, six below zero, were recorded this morning. A report from Omakau, where there was 36 degrees of frost this morning states that tanks burst and beer and cordial bottles broke as the result of the freezing of the contents. Eggs stored in the house were found to be cracked. As all water pipes are frozen, residents have been melting snow to obtain supplies of water. Conditions only a little less severe have been experienced at Ranfurly, where bottles of beer and cordials also burst. The work of clearing the roads has been complicated by the frost, and some of the outlying districts in Central Otago are isolated.—P.A. VERY HEAVY IN CANTERBURY Christchurch, This Day. Canterbury country districts hod frosts of between 20 and 30 degrees yesterday which extensively delayed some of the repair work which is a legacy of the week's snowstorm.—P.A. SNOW AT QUEENSTOWN TRAIN HELD UP ALL NIGHT Dunedin, July 2. Because of a heavy fall of snow, traffic to and from Quenstown has been seriously dislocated this week. Outgoing buses on Tuesday and yesterday were several hours late in reaching Lumsden and incoming buses were behind schedule in arriving at Queenstown. Because of the treacherous conditions, the bus service was cancelled on Wednesday and to-day.
The alternative train service from Lumsden to Kingston was held up at rail-light yesterday because of a snowdrift and the train did not arrive at Kingston till this afternoon. It is doubtful if it will be possible to run the service to-morrow. The road between Queenstown and Cromwell is now open, but traffic was held up early in the week. It is more than 12 years since similar conditions have been experienced at Queenstown.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume 78, 3 July 1943, Page 2
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