THE WEATHER.

Timaru Herald, Volume XIIC, Issue 13637, 3 July 1908, Page 6

THE WEATHER.

A dry southerly gale blew throughout yesterday", and dried the streets and roads considerably. A low bank of heavy cloud hung over the sea horizon during the af.ternoon, but it came no nearer and towards evening shifted seawards. . Our Fairlie correspondent writes . that rain fell almost continuously during Monday night. It cleared on Tuesday, but ram came on again in the evening. The ranges received a thick coat of snow but it did not descend very low. All the streams were running full as a consequence of the rain. The rain was general throughout Canterbury, and appears to have been somewhat heavier iurther north than here. Ashburton had 5i inches up _ to Wednesday morning, and more rain fell on Wednesday night. At Cheviot some lowlying lands were under water. Sir T. W. Smart, of Temuka, reports that from 5 o'clock on Saturday afternoon up to S o'clock on Wednesday afternoon his rain gauge registered- 4.33 inches for the 96 hours. It was raining practically the whole of the period. Yesterday the weather had cleared and the sun shone out brightly, with cold easterly winds prevailing. '