THURSDAY’S' GALE.

Taranaki Herald, Volume LXI, Issue 144086, 3 May 1913, Page 3

THURSDAY’S' GALE.

TERRITORIAL GAMP .POSTPONED,

WIMMERA .KNOCKED ABOUT.

By Heetne Telesinpli. —Copyright.

V.'ET.T.T -Vi ; TOX, May %

The casual camps for Territorials were postponed to-day, owing to -tho heavy rain. The Wimmcrn, which arrived from northern ports to-day, met tho fall force of tho storm. bho reached Wellington with a list to starboard, due to her cargo having shifted. Sho shipped large quantities of :; waiter. Throo members of tho crow woro injnred. One liad a thumb hurst open, another his ribs bruised, and a third a leg hurt.

CHRISTCHURCH, May 2.

The southerly gale which began yesterday increased; in. intensity during the night, and when day broke the weather in Canterbury was cold and rqually, with, occasional showers of raim ; h / Heavy snow was reported yesterday r from the Mackenzie Country. - ■..■■■ A bad break occurred in the telegraph lines twelve miles north of Eju- ■ koura this morning. Telegraphic com- , muni cation with the North Island,' Via i the east coast, was interrupteai. f; 11.30 one ‘shaky wire was working • through to Blenheim-