BENEFICIAL RAIN.

Waikato Times, Volume 118, Issue 19763, 19 December 1935, Page 9

BENEFICIAL RAIN.

STEADY FALL OVER-NIGHT. WELCOME BY FARMERS. WATER SUPPLY ASSURED. While the steady rain which fell during the night means a delay In harvesting operations, this is offset by the benefit to crops and pastures. The fall recorded at 9 a.m. to-day was ■s7ln. Providing there Is not a lengthy dry spell to follow, there is a good chance of second crops off. fields already harvested. Settlers depending upon tanks for their water supply have found the ►fain most welcome as there has been sufficient fall to* carry them over Christmas. People in town have also found the rain acceptable. Lawns which were looking dried up a day or two ago are again green while the steadiness of ihe fall is worth many days’ work to gardeners.

HAVOC IN HARBOUR. SMALL CRAFT SUFFER. STRONG GALE AT AUCKLAND. (By Toloyrnnh—Press Association.) AUCKLAND, Thursday. Havoc was caused among pleasure craft on the Auckland Harbour by a north-easterly gale early yesterday morning, followed by boisterous conditions and heavy seas later in the day. Several yachts and launches were swept from their moorings and damaged extensively when they ran ashore. The steamer Apanui, which belongs to the Northern Steamship Company, Limited, and which has been laid up for some years, broke from tier anchorage in Shoal Bay and drifted across the harbour, running aground on the Ponsonby foreshore. The rainfall for 21 hours was -79 in.