DAMAGING GALE.

Pahiatua Herald, Volume XLI, Issue 12536, 30 December 1933, Page 5

DAMAGING GALE.

SWEEPS WIDE AREA. Yesterday’s gale swept most of the North Island and parts of the South. It was a whole gale last even inn at Wanganui and Castlepoint. and it continued to. rule over the South Island, but was not so strong there. The weather was particularly severe in the lower part of the North Island and in the Wairarapa crops suffered severely. HAIL AT AUCKLAND. Electric Telegraph—Press Association AUCKLAND, December 29. Th.e weather, upon which so many people depend at this time of the year, continues uncertain. Following rain yesterday afternoon which caused a postponement of sports, the night was cold, and many homes had fires going. To-day dawned gloriously fine, though cold, but before noon there had been drizzling rain, bursts of sunshine, a brief hailstorm, and sun again. BUILDINGS BLOWN DOWN. GISBORNE. December 20. A heavy south-west gale has been raging all day to-day with gusts of wind at times of terrific for«*m A very heavy sea is running. Fruit, crops, especially early varieties of apples and peaches, suffered severely. Telegraph communication, both north and south, was interrupted at times through branches falling on lin<*». and work is still being carried on under difficulties. At Wainui beach, a seaside resort four miles front Gisborne, a hou«e the construction of which was only finished yesterday was blown down, sections of the building covering the roadside. A little further on a large garage was blown down. Many trees thioiighout the district were roote-l up and earlv maizo crops, which were throe or four feet high, are flattened. HAIL AND THUNDER. HAWFR.V, De<*e ruber 29. An electrical storm of unusual se verity left a trail of minor damage to services and crops in .South Faianaki last evening. In the outlying districts from Hawera several high extension fuses were blown, interrupting the power service till midnight. A transformer fused at Paten, where ihe storm lasted an hour. Hail, ranging from the size of small marbles at Hawer.i to tlio dimensions of pigeons' eggs in the outlying districts, fell over a wide area, follow ad by heavy rain.