THE WEATHER.

Rangitikei Advocate and Manawatu Argus, Volume XXXVI, Issue 10409, 24 July 1912, Page 4

THE WEATHER.

Heavy rain continued throughout the whole of last night, and -all creeks and rivers are running high.

Per Press Association. - Christchurch, July 23

After a brief spall of two days of fine weather a continuous southerly gale blew up the coast yesterday, bringing heavy rain, hall and sleet. This morning the hills round 1 Lyttel-, ton Harbour were coated with snow and hail. The gale came with a rising barometer, the reading at ton at nine o’clock this morning . being 30.54 “ ' The squalls last night were very violent, and along the coast a hard southerly gale was blowing. Steamers coming from Wellington bad a very dirty night, and the force of the gale was such that the Maori was delayed over an hour on her run down to Lyttelton, She left Wellington Wharf at 8 o’clock last night, and ran into a strong southerly gale with a high sea outside the Heads, She had a very stormy passage aross Oook Strait and down the coast, with frequent fierce hail and sleet squalls. The. Maori made good time against the gale, and passed the big' cargo steamers Morayshire and Anglo-Saxon, which had left Wellington shortly after 4 p.in., about"midnight, a little to the southward of/.Gape Oampbell. The Maori was kept going at full speed all;night but the wind and sea did ; not abate uotil-she bad passed Gheviat, and she berthed . at Lyttelton Wharf shortly after eight o’clock this morulas, missing her connection with the first express for the Sontb. ' Palmerston North, July 24. The heaviest fall of snow in the memory of the settlers occurred in ' Pobaugina Valley last night, commencing at 4 p.m. and still falling this morning. The weather is very cold all over the district and heavy rain fell during the night Danuevirke, July 24, Heavy snow fall yesterday afternoon and throughout the night in Dannevlrke and surrounding districts. This is the third occasion this winter. The rain speedily made it disappear. The weather is wintry. Pabiatna, JJuly 24 There was a light fall of snow in Fahiatua J and surrounding country yesterday afternoon, the third this winter. , ' • i Fongaroa reports heavy rains and rivers in high flood, and it is.still raining.

THIS DATJ’S FORECAST. Easterly winds strong to gale, expect unsettled and olouay weather, heavy showers, rivers high, glass little movement bat fall after 84 boars. D. C. BATES.