WETHERSTONES
November 24.— Last week's weather was an improvement on what we have had lately. It was a, fine growing week for both farming and gardening', being warm, with sufficient moisture to benefit the crops. The wind was generally from S.W. to W. and N.E. ; the barometer unsteady, being on the morning of the 18th 29.20, on the following evening 29.58, while on Friday morning it was down again to 29.21, and on the evening of Saturday up to 29.66, but falling again. Ir wa9 changeable on Sunday — warm in the morning, wind N.W., which soon changed to S.W., with rain. This morning is gloomy and threatening for rain ; barom-etei , 29.35. "We are within a month of Christmas, and still there 19 bloom on some of the fruit trees. The lowest reading of the thermometer was 44deg, at 7 a.m. of the 22nd ; the highest 78, at noon, of the 20th. Some days it was both close and warm in th sun, but the thermometer rose no highei. The Volcanic Dust. — That di«eoloure(J rain fiora the north- wes* that fell some time back left a greasy blown and grey slimy mud in all tin and zinc tuba that held the watei.
WETHERSTONES
Otago Witness, Issue 2541, 26 November 1902, Page 31
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