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New Zealand Times, Volume XLIX, Issue 11254, 5 July 1922, Page 9

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personal and general notes. (Special ( f> "N.Z. Times. ) OTAKI, July i. Tliero is a move on foot to erect a church hail in connection with Alt Saints Church at Otaki. . . The hardest frost so far this winter was Inst vreek, when four degrees were recorded. In Wairarap* L! and li degrees are frequently registered. Canon Williams, of Hawke s Bay, occupied the pulpit at the Anglican Church, and gave a splendid address on “Spiritual Healing ” ... The Rev. G. F. Petne, M-A.-v-ill preach at the Anglican Church, Fetone, on Sunday evening next. The Rev. G F. Petrie. M.A.. and Mr G M. Lethbridge isynodsman) have left for Wellington to at (end Synod, which opens this i i’ueoday) afternoon. June just post was a dry month. There were onlv ten. days with rain. _ Phe heaviest dav's raiu was .62*3 <»t an inch, on the 2oth. There were sixteen consecutive days of almost unbroken bright sunshine from tlie Gth to the 21st. The total fall was I.76.inches. June of 1321 had a fall of 3.70 inches. The average for the last 18 years was 399 inches. There were five frosts registered during the month, the last—on the 28th— snowing 1 degree of frost. His Worship the Mayor (Mr J. V. Brandon) hopes to leave on holiday this week. - Part of his sojourn will be spent at Wellington, after which he will proceed with Afr F. G. Davies, borough engineer, to Blenheim. The season for violets has been one of tho most backward for many years in Otaki. and in consequence very few bloom* are being sent away.