THE WEATHER.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 5654, 27 August 1896, Page 3

THE WEATHER.

The delightfully fine weather of the past two weeks broke up on Tuesday, when the wind veered to the southwest and blew hard. During the night rain and hail fell, and yesterday morning the hills over Diamond Harbour were .thickly coated with snow. During the forenoon hail and rain fell at intervals, and the temperature was down to midwinter level.

The weather yesterday in North Canterbury was unpropitious for the young lambs, which are now becoming numerous. Rain, sleet and snow fell, and it was very cold .throughout the day. Our Timaru correspondent writes : — A cold southerly wind blew over South Canterbury on Tuesday night, with rain squalls on the plains and snow on the hills. The country around Fairlie was white next morning, about an inch of snow covering the ground in the township and as far down as Albury. The weather was cold and squally yesterday.

Our Temuka correspondent writes: — There was a change in the weather here on Tuesday night, when the previous gentle nor'-westers gave place to a brisk breeze from the south. Snow fell low on the foot-hills, and there is a very marked lowering of temperature.

Our Ashburton correspondent writes : — The weather at Ashburton, which has been quite spring-like for some days, changed on Tuesday night. Some cold showers of sleet and rain, fell on the plains, and on the hills there was a considerable fall of snow. Yesterday was also cold and showery.

Our Geraldine correspondent writes: — After a week's spring weather at Geraldine, on Tuesday a sudden change came up, in the shape of a "buster" from the southwest, followed by rain. Yesterday forenoon there was a fall of hail and snow, and a keen wind blew all day off and on.

Koad Eidees' Association. — A meeting of the Committee was held on Tuesday night, Mr J. H. Parker in the chair. The deputation appointed reported that they had waited on theKailwaysTrafficManager in regard to better facilities for the conveyance of bicycles by train, and that the suggestions offered had been forwarded to Wellington for consideration. A number of new members were elected.

Two schoolboys, aged twelve, were found drowned near Sutton-in-Ashfield. It is thought that the boys had entered into a bargain to hang or drown themselves if their parents hit them. To the list of Bibles named after curious typographical mistakes , an important addition is made in the so-called " Printers' " Bible, which contains perhaps the most strangely-appropriate misreading of any — "Printers have persecuted me without a cause" (Psahn cxix, 161), " printers " being substituted for "princes."