WINTRY WEATHER

New Zealand Times, Volume XXXVI, Issue 8182, 25 July 1912, Page 8

WINTRY WEATHER

HEAVY SNOWFALLS SIX INCHES AT KIMBOLTOX. PEES 3 ASSOCIATION. FEILDING, July 24. In the upper part of Kiwitea County last night there was the heaviest fall of snow for many years. This morning at Kimbolt |i the snow was six inches deep. Verv heavy rains have fallen in all parts'of the district. The rivers are iigh, but so far no serious damage except slips on the roads has been done. The laud is saturated, but stock is wintering well, having had a-good autumn. IX POHAXGIXA VALLEY. PALMERSTON X., July 24. The heaviest fall of snow in the memory of settlors occurred in Pohangina Valley last night. It commenced at 4 p.m. and is still falling. This morning the weather is very cold all over the district. There was heavy rain during the night. SNOW AXE HEAVY RAINS. PAHIATUA, July 24. There was a light fall of snow at Pahiatua and around the surrounding country yesterday afternoon—the third this wjf.ter. > Pongaroa reports heavy rains and rivers in high flood, and that it is still raining. IN HOROWHEXUA. SHANNON. The Shannon district was visited with heavy rains on Tuesday night and yesterday, and the low-lying lands on each side of the railway lino are covered with water to a depth, of several feet.' Hundreds of acres near Koputaroa are inundated, and the position is becoming serious. The Ohau river is very sivoollen, as are most of the streams in the county. Very little is being done on the farms, and to fruitgrowers, whose numbers arc steadily increasing, the present deluge is causing perturbation. Heavy rains fell throughout Tuesday on the Tararuas, and blinding snowstorms visited the higher ranges Although inconvenience is experienced by some householders in Levin, the excellent system of water races prevented inundations, the water finding an outlet in the' Horowhenua lake. The low-lying lands op Manakau are feeling the full effects of the storms, but on the more elevated countryside of Heatherlea the state of things is better.

HEAvr RAINFALLS RECORDED. COLD WEATHER WILL BENEFIT SETTLERS. SPECIAL TO THE "TIMES.” MASTERTON. July 2-1. Very heavy rain has fallen here during the last twenty-four hours, causing rivers to bo swollen and creeks flooded. A pprtidn of the town was inundated with flood,'waters this afternoon, and several shops in the main thoroughfare had to be closed.

A number of slips bare come down in the country districts, and several roads are blocked for traffic.

Since the beginning of the month over ten inches of rain have fallen, which is a record for this part. In Mauricevilla fifteen inches have been registered. Stock is likely to suffer on account of the cold weather, but benefit will be conferred on settlers by the destruction, of the grass grub and rabbits. Snow fell on the low-lying hills last night.