FURTHER FALLS OF SNOW.
MAMAKU BANGE COVERED. 1 MOUNT PIRONGIA MANTLED. • ' FOOT DEEP AT WAIOURU. Further falls o? snow have occurred on the high levels in the central part of tha North Island. A lxj'vy fall is reported from la Mamaku district, the snow extending from near Ngongotaha to Putaruru, a distance i of about 25 miles, over tho Mamaka Range. Passengers who arrived in Auck. land by the Rotorua express yesterday stated that on the top of tho range the snow was deep, whilst on either slops I the depth was about four inches. Pirongia Mountain was also covered, presenting ' from the Frankton railway station a most beautiful & and unusual sight. The snow lay well down on the i foothills, and old residents state! that it • was many years since such a lie-ivy and widespread fall had occurred. Te Aroha Mountain was also capped with snow, Messages from Taihape state thai there was an average depth of 6in in the district yesterday, while at Waiouru the fall • 'was nearly a foot. Snow was still [ailing at YVaimarino yesterday afternoon, the fall then .being about Win. The first snovr since 1904 fell at Taumarunui yesterday, tho average depth being about an inch. : FALL IN WELLINGTON. FIRST SEEN IN THE CITY, STORM IN THE WAIRARAPA. [dt telegraph.— correspondent.] WELLINGTON. Monday. Communication with tho South Island was lost completely this morning beyond I Blenheim and Nelson, but later one wire jto Christchurch was working. After it short break in tho weather, thin snow | again fell in the city. It melts as fast aa iit falls. The weather is unprecedented in I this respect, as snow has never beforo been seen in Wellington. The hills round the city bear a light covering of snow, while the ranges on the far side of the harbour are covered moro thickly. Heavy falls of snow have been reported throughout the Wairarapa district. The storm at Masterton on Friday night was eclipsed by the fall on Sunday, when, in 1 addition, tho wind blew with hurricane force. Everything was soon covered in a thick white mantle. Between 12in and 18in of snow fell in some parts of Masterton, while in portions of the outlying country there has been a much thickei ' coating. Some roads in the back- , blocks are impassable for vehicular traffic. , Heavy loss has been caused among stock, I and the bad weather has had a very ! marked effect on the quantity of milk fop i Masterton. In parts of South Wairarapa I the snow is 4ft deep, and at Mauricej ville, Mangamahoe, and other places north ■of Masterton it is 2ft deep. There was a slight fall in Pahiatua.
CHRISTOHTJRGH TRAMS AFFECTED. CASHMERE HILLS SNOWBOUND. [or TELEGRAPH— ASSOCIATION - .] CHRISTCHURCH. Monday. Tho snowstorm in Christchurch yesterday and to-day is the worst ever experienced in the city. The weather cleared this afternoon, and the sun shone from a clear sky for a few minutes, but it is expected. that it will be noma days before . the snow disappears. All train services, with the exception of the Little River line, where there is a washout, which will take two or three days to repair, were reported to be normal to-night. The tram service in the city is approaching normal tonight, but the Cashmere Hills section is still unworkable. Many of the Cashmere Hills residents have been snowbound since yesterday morning, both vehicular and pedestrian traffic being impossible. The Springfield district, which suffered heavily a fortnight ago, has escaped this time • without any snow. At Asliburton a slight fall of snow . followed the bleak southerly wind which blew yesterday. The fall increased in . heaviness during the morning, and at noon there were 2in of snow in the town. At Me'hven 7in of snow is reported, while the fall at Springburn was sin. The fall in the back country, from Ashburton, will be felt severely by the sheep, which have not fully recovered from the recent) storm. Many settlers around Methven and on the foothills, who trucked sheep out to feed in the lower districts, had returned them to their ordinary paddocks on Saturday. The weather was clear again in South Canterbury early thil evening.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LV, Issue 16909, 23 July 1918, Page 4
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