WELLINGTON.
Fortunately for Wellington, as will be seen by the letter of our correspondent, that particular part oi the North Island seems to have escaped the effects of the gale. The Independent, of Friday, says : — "Forebodings of a storm were indicated yesterday morning by the rapid fall in the barometer. On Monday it was lower than it has been in Wellington for years. This was the more remarkable, because all Sunday the wind had a southerly and south-easterly direction, which here generally causes the barometer to rise. During the early part of Monday the wind was due E., but it went round to the N.W. in the afternoon, when the barometer began to ascend, and the wind to blow in strong gusts. The shipping in harbor had previously made snug, and otherwise prepared for an approaching gale, and we have not heard of any damage being done.
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Otago Witness, Issue 846, 15 February 1868, Page 6
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