HEAVY SNOWFALL

Waikato Times, Volume 120, Issue 19982, 4 September 1936, Page 8

HEAVY SNOWFALL

| COUNTRYSIDE COVERED. ! __. l HAWKE'S BAY ExpEnllNcE. ' wonsr FOR 25 YEARSI (By Telegraph.—Pl‘e§s .nsociatlon.) DANNEVIRKE. FridayAfter a week of tempestuous weather southern Hawke‘s Bali i from Woodvile to Takapau experl lenced a very "93‘” s"°‘”f“" Ia“ ‘. night. probably the worst In the } past. 25 years. i Starting about 8.30 it continued most iof the night“ This morning in liannevirlie five inches of snow was lying o‘} the ground while at 3 am. iowas still deeper. in the surrounding districts it was probably heavier. . l The whole countryside is covered land as lambing is in full swing the “5' ,itation is most inopportune. . | Telephone lines in the district are lall disorganised so it is impossible at present to obtain information as to how the flocks fared. The weather is now Kflne though there is a possibility of Ifurther snow. SNOWING' AT MARTON. SEQUEL T 0 VIOLENT STORM. , (By Telegraph—Press Association.) i MARTO‘N. Friday. i Following a brief but intense elec.lrical disturbance at ii last evening, jaccompanied by a violent hailstorm, the ilemperature dropped sharply as the Iweather whipped to the south. l Snow fell at midnight Ehut cleared :early this morning. However, the fall vre-commenced and daybreak revealed a snowy mantle an inch deep in Marten. Despite the sudden state of the ground after a week's rain it quickly thawed locally but reports up-country this morning state that it is still snowing thickly and is two inches deep in lHunterviiie township. 1' The hills are deeply covered. There are no indications yet as to the efjfect on lamibing, which is now in full Eswing. } The severity of the weather change may be gauged by the fact that no snow lay in Marion following the last igeneral storm. ' SEVERE HAILSTORM. .\‘EW‘ PLYMOUTH STRUCK. ‘ TRAFFIC SUSPENDED. 1 (By Telegraph—Press Association.) 1 NEW PLYMOUTH. Friday. Ending a spell of mild ‘hut rainy weather at hiiieriy cold snap gripped 'i‘aranniii last night, accompanied by snow. hail and sweeping showers of :icy rain. 1 Shortly=after seven last evening l a hall storm struck New Plymouth and lasted about. 10 minutes. l Large hallstones created a terrific um and a wide area was covered with a mantle of white. Traffic ' was temporarily afi‘ected. cars l having to draw to the kerb: as vision was obscured. Snow fell in Egmont Village and there was :1 heavy i‘ail about Strat—li‘ord. isitterly cold conditions were [experienced at. the North Egmout and iSt’mtt‘m-d Mountain House last night lwiih heavy hills of snow and hail. AUCKLAND LASHED. RAIN, iIAIL AND \ViND, (By Telegraph—Press Association.) AU-CIKLAND, Friday. A bitter south—west storm lashed the city and suburbs last night and this morning. with rain. hall and a biting ‘wind which reached gale force at times ‘and churned the harbour to white 'horses and living spray. ' WAIRARAPA NIPPED. l BITING SOUTHERLY \VIND, l | (By Telegraph—Press Association.) (lAii'l‘Eil'i‘ON, Friday. lliiiurzl)‘ cold conditions prevailing in lihc \\'aiirai'iu'm for the past week cui—,mlnated 111 a heavy fall of show which ‘compieiely covers all the hills includ—ing the low foothills on hoih sides of the valley. A light {all was experienced in (Jar—terton and the ground is white. The weather has cleared hut a biting“ south~ erly wind makes conditions unpleasant. _____ SNOW IN WELLINGTON. .\IAN'I‘LE OVER THE HILLS. (By Telegraph—Pres: Association.) . WELLINGTON, Friday. 3 A culmination of the present cold 'snap was reached last night with a considerable [all of snow on all the hills around \\'eiiingion. During the course of some showers snow fell in Pelone and on the low in els further up the Hull Valley. The full on llll' hills was much more extensive and reached the lower lrvrls more ihun is usually lllL' case when period—‘_imliy \\'ullinx‘lon has smm; swim"jiirr has so for liven liiiiri‘ly and ppm firesiu‘ly L‘iilii, ' 1 __ FIRST KNOWN FALL, l n.\' ‘l'l'. AKA rm nun”. "2”" l fluvidl iii: 'l:l|li:~_] I l \4i\ii|'.\\\ \ll|\. li'i‘iiily l .\ \\iiiin il"lllll4‘ ni' aim“ .v..~.,.-;-.,1

the peaks of the Te Akutea range-s this morning. These ranges are 8 miles from Ngnrumvahia and it is llle first time. in the memory or settlers that snow has been seen in that locality. GOLD AND WINTRV. CONDITIONS lN \VAIKA’I‘U, Intensely cold, wintry weather, not in any way typical of September. has been experienced in Hamilton during the last few days. The unpleasant, conditions hnve heeorne accentuated by a keen southerly wind which urose to(lay. Reports of snow on the To Arolla Mountain at n height of lam) feet, and also on Mt. Pirongia hnw lm'n LIKE A BLIZZARD. .\li-\.\'A\\l'A'l‘U SUFFERS. l MORTALITY AMONG LAMBS. ‘pl(-2‘rn[\¥lv» Press Assortmrun \ (By ’1 PALMERSTON N, Friday. l Extending north and south of the ‘clty in an unbroken line for miles lsnow covers the tops of the foothills land the Runhlne and Tararua Ilanges after an intensely cold night. The weather in the past week has been bad locally, and in the hills. with steadily falling temperatures. At Aokautere, a few miles from the city, snow extends down to the 10th feet level. Snow l‘ell nearly all night. The return to mid-winter conditions Is dlsastrous for sheepfarmera on the higher levels, the lamblnq season belng at. Its height and conslderable mortallty Is foal-ed though the actual losses have not yet been ascertalned. Similar conditions prevailed in the high country behind Linton. On the northern side from Apiti to \\'hariti, near \\‘oodyille. snow to“ heavily including“ the hills llCllllld I’ohangina. Last nlirht's \‘ititation rlosely approarhed that of the week ending Septemhcr 7, 19le, when a blizzard raged in the l-‘ltzherlmrl llills near the city, causing heavy lunrhing losses. (In the lower country lately the very wet \venlher seriously delayed farming operations. and feed has been dis—appearingv rnpit’lly. This may nausn n sellnu'k tn the supply of early Inmhs for the freezing industry. IN THE SOUTH. SEVERAL INCHES DEEP. BITTER \\’EATHER CONDITIONS. (By Telewr‘mm—_l‘res~x .\ssuulnnnno CHRISTCHURCH, Frlday. Another cold south—west storm over the plains late yesterday afternoon liliroug'ht a fairly heavy full or snow in several districts. ;\t Springfield and l‘olher renlrcs along the Midland line land further north at lltl\\’:ll'tl1'll. lJul~ \‘t‘rden and \\'ainn the sun“ \\.ts two and threw invhr‘s deep. in the rily the day \\'as rnltl .‘llltl llirt‘ntvninu' and early in tln- menin: lllt‘l‘t‘ \\’l‘l'l’ luau} slnmwrs wt‘ \ll'l'l \\iih liltle sun“ and snnn‘ hall. The alums. llltl‘l‘t" \\tls .lL’tlill llllivrly I'lvltl ll”, murninu and the \\.-.lthwr Ill'izhl and sunny 'lith .l lnltm‘ly rnld \\iml. lilKhl inrhe> nt‘ slltl“ lay 11l lhn settlement at \rlhnr‘s l'ass, inland ‘lwrls ut' 11111 l I..illlivl-ln|n'y [Ln] .1 1;.“ H,tud iln'llws hul ill .\uulh (”mil-Mm“ titer»- \\.ts lllllt‘ t"\l't'|ll 111 lhi- Imm “Huntly. [Linmnm hrtd J)r:\\ lut‘ .y. llv'lllr l'dli‘ 11l tlw umn”.- zilll tilt: it‘ll ‘xua limiter iurther inland.