METEOROLOGICAL
(Standard Time). SUNRISE AND SUNSET Rises. Sets. December 7 .. 4.17 a.m. 7.6 p.ni December 8 .. 4.17 a.m. 7.7 p.m
BAROMETER READINGS At 8 a.m. yesterday .. .. 29.96 in At 8 p.m. yesterday .. • • 29.?9in At 8 a.m. to-day .. • • 29.98 in RAINFALL AT GISBORNE For 24 hours to 9 a.m. • • O.QOin For month to date .. • • 1.42 in Average for December .. 2.30 in THE WEATHEE To-day’s North Island Report. Blue skies were reported everywhere in the North Island this morning except at Wellington. Moderate southerly breezes were reported north of East Cape, and moderate to fresh northwesterlies elsewhere. The barometer had commenced a rising movement. Temperatures a 9 o’clock were: Auckland 66 degrees, Tauranga, 68, Opotiki 65. East Cape 64, Gisborne 74, Napier 73, and Wellington 67. Rough seas were reported at Cape Campbell and Wellington; elsewhere moderate or smooth, Last Night’s Forecast. A slight anticyclone has been crossing the North Island to-day, but another westerly depression is advancing over the Tasman. Winds: Westerly to north-westerly, moderate generally, but soon freshening again. Seas: Rough about Cook and Fbvoaux Straits; elsewhere smooth to moderate. Eastern Tasman Sea: Northerly* winds, moderate but freshening in the northern portion, with moderate seas;- strong in the southern portion with rough seas, hacking to southerly during to-morrow in the latter area. Weather: Still fair to fine and warm for the most part, but some showers likely in the western and southern districts' of the South Island, Midday Forecast. General inference. —A slight westerly depression has been crossing southern New Zealand, while an anticyclone still extends over the North Island. Forecast—Light to fresh westerly winds. Weather, fine and Warm. Seas, smooth to moderate.
PHASES OF THE MOON Full Moon December 2, 1.01 p.m. Last Quarter December 10, 5.54 p.m. New Moon December 17, 2.23 p.m. First Quarter December 24, 7.39 tv.m. TIDES AT GISBORNE WHARF High Water. Low Water. a.m. p.m u.m. p.m. December 7 . 9.09 9.36 2.50 3.16 December 8 . 9.40 10.14 3.24 3.50 December 0 . 10.25 10.50 4.00 4.26 December 10 . 11.07 11.30 4.40 5.09 December n . 11.50 0.00 5.25 5.51 December 12 . 0.16 0.39 0.18 6.40 December 111 . 1.04 1.30 7.11 7.34 December 14 . 1.55 2.20 8.09 8.30 December 1 r. . 2.45 3.14 9.08 0.24 December 10 . 3.40 4.10 10.09 10.21 December 17 . 4.40 0.11 31.10 11.25 December 18 . 5.40 6.15 0.00 0.11 December 19 . 6.45 7.17 0.25 1.10 December 20 . 7.46 8.17 1.24 2.10 December 21 . 8.45 9.14 2.19 3.03 December 22 . 9.40 10.06 3.15 3.56 December 23 . 10.32 10.57 4.10 4.51 December 24 . 11.25 11.50 5.09 5.45 December 25 . 0.00 0.17 0.09 6.40 December 26 0.43 1.10 7.06 7.34 December 27 . 1.34 2.00 8.05 8.24 December 28 . 2.23 2.49 8.55 9.11 December 29 . 3.09 3.35 9.45 9.58 December 80 . 3.54 4.20 10.33 10.44 December 31 . 4.43 5.10 11.20 11.27
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18265, 7 December 1933, Page 5
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