RAIN IN THE WAIKATO.
A WELCOME DOWNPOUR. BENEFIT TO THE FARMERS. [by telegraph.—own corrbsfokdent.] HAMILTON. Monday. The weaiher, which has been oppressively hot and threatening for some days in Hamilton, broke yesterday in heavy •thunder showers, which toward evening turned into a steady downpour and continned throughout the night. The reading of the gauge by Dr. H. Douglas, of Hamilton, at 9 a.m. to-day, showed the fall during the 34 hours then ended, to be 1.14 in. The rain has come when it was needed. The pastures were .beginning to show signs of burning, while anixety was felt in some quarters for the development of undergrowth and autumn crops. DOWNPOUR m CANTERBURY, GRAIN HARVEST SUFFERING, [by telegraph.—own correspondent.] CHRISTCHURCH. Monday. Over one inch of rain has fallen in North Canterbury sinco Saturday morning, and the downpour continues, causing heavy loss to farmers by flattening crops and soaking stooks.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXII, Issue 18927, 27 January 1925, Page 10
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