DRY SPELL BREAKS.

Sun (Christchurch), Volume VI, Issue 1641, 19 May 1919, Page 8

DRY SPELL BREAKS.

HEAVY RAIN AT AUCKLAND.

Prttt Auocietton. AUCKLAND, May 18. The drought has broken. The weather had been threatening for several -days. , A heavy north-easterly gale blew for about three hours before daylight this morning, accompanied by a thunderstorm and heavy rain. The fall to 9 a.m. was 2.32 inches. The weather moderated to-day, but remains threat-) ening. The barometer has fallen .70 since Thursday, and is now 29.70—the lowest for several weeks. The last rainfall of over an inch was on October 24, the highest fall since being .86 inch, recorded to 9 a.m., March 15. The total rainfall this year is now 8 inches. *BAIN AT WELLINGTON. WELLINGTON, May 18. The dry spell was broken to-day by a steady fall of rain, which will do the parched country an incalculable amount of good and lessen the anxiety that was being felt particularly in regard to the city's water supply. The need for economy in the use of water, however, still exists. IN HAWKE'S BAY. WAIPAWA, May 19. The drought has broken. A good soaking rain started yesterday morning, and continues steadily. The weather is warm, and hopes are entertained that frost will keep off long enough to allow a little new growth to tide the stock over winter. A GOOD FALL. WHAKATANE, May 19. Four inches of rain have fallen since noon on Saturday. AT DANNEVIBKE. DANNEVTROE, May 19. Bain has been falling steadily since Saturday night.