A cold snap, of unusual keenness, is being experienced in the district ' at present: it is so pronouucpd that one doe* not require to he possessed of a very vivid imagination to conjure up visions of- a snowy mantle, though the oldest inhabitant has to cudgel his memory very severely to recall a Snowstorm in Waikaio, but lie has dim iv. collections of such an event away back in the good old days, though even then it was not sufficient to enable the residents to indulge in the pastime of snowballing. Telegraphic advices, however, report that along the Main Trunk line, as far north as Te Kuiti, a heavy tall has been experienced. At. Taihape. the average depth "is rh\v* while rejjorts from Tarauaki to,wns report heavy falls, and Ilamiltonians. both young and old, have not yet abandoned hope that they, too. will be favoured. The atmospheric conditions certainly point to that direction, for Pirongin lias a heavier mantle than has been seen for many years, the snow being well down on the lower heights.
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Waikato Times, Volume 89, Issue 13816, 22 July 1918, Page 4
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