SEVERE WEATHER IN THE SOUTH.

Oamaru Mail, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 10579, 7 October 1910, Page 1

SEVERE WEATHER IN THE SOUTH.

(Per Piiess Association.) ■•- Invercargill, October 6. The ; weather:-during last '■> night ' was the most severe experienced m Southland all the winter: 7 Snow/ fell >lll mostjilaces, and quite three inches icovered . tlie interior: In the Western Distant hcavv showers ot hail fell at intervals, which together with the heavy wi lias done considerable damage to cherty : plum, and pear areas. In-',some districts the mortality amongst' young lambs must be heavy. The tops of the lulls on the high •• country • arei-covererl- : with a heavy coating oi snow,,-, and i should, a day or two of warm jweather. , follow immediately heavy floods will eventuate. The weather is lioiC moderating, but-the temperature 3s"still low. , i . . The predicted - storm' i'has' parfiv.ed:' From nearly all parts of thV' district come reports of falls of hail, siiow,-. and rain, and-considerable moftality t amon'gst lambs.is expected." To-night thei:\feather is cold, and there are fiequpnt' showers of lain and hail. r 1 Gore, October 6 J : , The sweather was> very ;cold-.yesterday and to-day. Four inches of snow]" fell early tins morning, but disappeared by t noon. Westerly winds and ram make a flood probable., The weather is very, severe ,on the young lambs. Dunedm, The .weather 'is quite l wintry and threatening snow.. The' theimometer •reading is, the lowest-recorded for years.