THE WEATHER.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 10398, 28 June 1895, Page 2

THE WEATHER.

...;■• (Per United Pbess Association.) ; V. -, .=;■■ '■■'-:i Wellington, June 27.: ■■Jain has: fallen here dui|iDg 22 daysoufbf 27 this; month. Though the southerly gale has ab&tsd herei "capta.;us o£ vessels arriving renort a heavy sei. still raining, inthe Straits. .The Graf ton reports f is?' rough passage; and the officers say, the Charles Edward, bound from Nvlson-to Wellington, has* gone to Obanl Bay for shelter.'t. The Kahieri, f com 'the: north, had a; tryitig:.fime.v;■:-The-, vessel left o|>uuake- on Monday, but ihad/.torun .to Guard's Bay on Monday uighfc.resataiug her voyage at midnight •yf.sterdny.T-- Captain de Wolfe speaks 6f the sea I off Terawhiti as tsrrific. The vessel was flying light," and at times;almost stood on end. A barquentina was under Guard's Bay on Monday i iiighb, but the captain could see ho s'gns of her I when he left last night. ; A tremefidous sea is I still runriiugaf the heads and there'is very little p'robabUity of smaller vessels getting but. The Bruntifcr.jsailed ■fpr.Westpott this mornirfg,,and Jwhen passed.by the!orafton was r being roughly .treatedbytheieas.y ■!,,'.'':'■■ '.•■.-;•■ •: '.':':>.■

- ,; ; ; '-. v' •;,''■; QHEisicirn^CH; June 27. A tremendbuß south-tsasterly'sea was rolling in on the New Brighton beach all night. ; This morning'the1 lifeboat shed and the "shed adjoining ■■ it were.: earned, out to ; sea. The is standing'the strain splendidly. ~The weather la still -bitterly*, cold, and., the -rain keeps on unceasingly?; ;...';v.-,'.', '■,'.■•.■•■-■•>■■••'■•''•■.■'•■ " »■. •■■ ■'.-: ;- ;,''.''•."■ '.'■■':■■[ ■/.-'-.- ■■? 'intARTj, Jane 27. . There has been, heavy, snow in the Mackenzie country/ Twd.men who rode frpmTekapo to Burkes .Pass; report. 3ft; of, snow at the hotel, »nd 2ft on.jhe jiasfl.^ They picked up a rabbiter named Shaw,v>yho, got lost in the snowstorm and 'was- bdt;;^i ; . night.' .If is': feared that his feet are frostbitten. .The storm has now cleared off; A very heavy sea has been, running here.