WINTRY WEATHER.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVIII, Issue 20893, 8 June 1931, Page 8

WINTRY WEATHER.

FROST AT ROTORUA.

HEAVIEST FOR MANY YEARS.

SNOW FALLS ON MAMAKU.

[BY TELEGRAPH. —OWN CORRESPONDENT.] BOTORUA. Saturday. In Potorua last night 17deg. of frost were registered—the heaviest' fall for many years. Many water laps were frozen and pipes in the domestic supply burst. Milk in jugs also was frozen over. On the Kaingaroa Plains 4in. of snow foil. Also, there was a light fall on the Mamaku, making it very difficult for motor-cars to proceed on account of the snow covering the wind-screens.

WAIKATO SUFFERS.

COLDEST DAY OF YEAR. ICE MAKES ROADS SLIPPERY. [FROM oca OWN CORRESPONDENT.] HAMILTON, Sunday. A very severe frost was experienced in Hamilton yesterday morning, when 13deg. were recorded. On the previous morninly only 2.2deg. were registered. Pools of stagnant water were coated with ice yesterday morningy and the tarsealed roads were very slippery. The whole countryside was white with the frost.

The temperature was the coldest experienced in the Waikato this year, being ■3B.sdeg. One of the heaviest frosts of the present winter was experienced at Cambridge yesterday morning, when the temperature was 10.3 degrees below freezing point at the local climatic station. The station is rather enclosed and the frost must have been much more severe out in the open and on the hills. The district was enveloped in a mantle of white and water pipes were frozen until an unusually late hour in the morning.

AUCKLAND FAVOURED.

SUNSHINE AT WEEK-END. Excellent weather conditions were ex perienced in Auckland during the weekend, the bright sunshine being in marked contrast to the rain squalls and showers of hail which fell on Friday, and. holidaymakers and visitors to the city were able to fully enjoy open-air attractions. After the storm on Friday the weather cleared in the night and though it was slightly cold on Saturday morning, it was clear and bright. The sun shone through out the day, the fine weather having a noticeable effect on tha attendances at such sports fixtures as the Ellerslie races. Toward midnight there were several scattered showers, but yesterday was again fine. There were large numbers of motor-cars on the roads leading from the city yesterday morning and in the early afternoon, and the pleasure resorts in and near the city were well patronised. The evening, although cold, remained fine. HEAVY PALL OP SNOW. KING COUNTRY COVERED. On Friday night and Saturday there were heavy falls of snow in the National Park and central King Country districts, the snow being 4in. deep at Chateau Tongariro last evening. Conditions at the park are said to be excellent at present for winter sports, as the entire countryside is blanketed, and it is considered likely that further falls will occur shortly. Passengers on the Main Trunk express from Wellington on Friday night were afforded unusual views of the surrounding country, which was covered with snow from Taihape to Raurimu, and further north there was a white frost. At stopping places in the King Country snowballing was indulged in alongside the train.