THE WEATHER.
SvIvSODTH-WEST SHOWERS. J* . i ?*f'4 , PUT DAMPER ON SPORTS. M: * ' £?:.}jfrhe hot nor'-westers of the middle of week were followed last night by a refreshing, if somewhat boisterous, sou ! - which cooled the air and soaked ITtife ground, and brought about a comI'lpfete. change in weather conditions. |'A pgnj" for a few moments and thunder in tho air about daybreak. At :V&|3o ,the temperature was 44.4 degrees. SPhere were light - showers all the f insbrning until noon, when the sun came £ o|lt again. Tho rainfall up to noon was g * ass not prognos-. •y. fcrekfb; very severe weather—it rose only j^oirt'l.2o—and those whose vocations J, associated with the of the weather ventured, on symbols available, ■ to exan opinion there would bo showers at intervals all day. The ( Rp||arances about noon, however, were C Isj| ''Jtnpromising that a damper was S'-wJiced on sports. The cricket season "hSsirbegun; tennis has been abandoned ; ■ jttis year, but a fairly large number of ' of these were postponed. : r|S? ON THE PENINSULA. ' ' p (Special to " Star.") : I'k* AKAROA, April 8. ? After several days of fine warm wea- ;' tier, rain sot in last night. This morniog is a violent thunderstorm, ' jfcith* heavy rain, which still continues. v;I-
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 11669, 8 April 1916, Page 10
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201THE WEATHER. Star (Christchurch), Issue 11669, 8 April 1916, Page 10
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