A WILD WEEK-END.

Press, Volume LXI, Issue 18408, 15 June 1925, Page 11

A WILD WEEK-END.

Ibeck southerly storm. [ f DAMAGE IN CITY. t - Jjj, e southerly storm -which coni~siueed carJ - v on ■ Fri(la s r morning cortBfafa throughout the woek-ond with iftbatfld fur - v ' an( * rcac hod its pitch on Saturday night, rt-nehout Saturday there were heavy 'itcnnittent squalls, and the tcmpcratrte"* 8 uncomfortably low. The heavy jj Bade many ° f tno sports grounds i jnd around the city unfit for play. sfcßßghy matches, other than the ■L x grade, games, were postponed. My-ow first grade Soccer match was ILii on English Park, all other games Stag postponed, and in the case of jane football games were played only jjjj the grounds were in playable conation. AH hockey matches were postponed. , On Saturday evening the gale reached •ti loight and assumed hurricane force. Ltos in many parts of the city, iuJjdiflg toe Convent fence in Barbadoos Bet, wwe torn down, and a window S^'Freeman's boot shop, Kilmore &$ was blown in. Trees we.re uproot- < J in'many cases and along the river 'SiM'largo willow branches were scats fcfeJ everywhere by the force of the k triud. 1 Fortunately there were no blockJSj'lb the street channels. fjkt storm had somewhat abated in fojtMeatorday, but continued squalls AMf'the south made conditions outdoor djrtffltly unpleasant, and the city was about deserted. Bain continued to fall intermittently until a late hour last' Mt, and the weather was bittorly rtjd. ■ I 'Train Services Not Affected, i Traffic Manager reported luVaight that so far as his section W&oncorned the train services had Nt jfcen affected by the gale. No slips iioVpeen reported, and all trains had jjnintime. About 1 o'clock yesterday Borstog the lights failed afc the ChrißtJitfen station and yard, but fortunately jßtfie work had been completed for the /,f At Lyttelton. f Stfttfday morning saw the hills nowdLyttelton Harbour well covered v M snow, Mt. Herbert being especially ; tgyjly "coated. The weather cleared ( during the morning, and at 1 234? * ne out i° was i 9 u^to bright. At 'iKdt' 2.45 p.m., howover, a' heavy u&fhetly gale sprang up suddenly, ipManied.-with rain and hail. All squalls passed over the wq-.at intervals, and the fury of the Sjpncteased on Saturday night and fittjayi morning. Late yesterday mornill it moderated considerably, but light limn fell until a late hour last night. 'ahl sou'-wester experienced at Heath{CM, Valley at the end of the week inSid its velocity on Saturday evenjttflnd blew the whole night through Ii terrific gusts, causing a certain "jgjuht of damage. The slot telephone, "ftM had boen recently replaced after •nStor smash, was blown to the ground '< "m h several fences were flattened. One ntfivo tomato frames in the open were Ijped, and an electric wire up Horo-'-PFvalley was displaced, cutting, off "'tolkof the houses. <* Ii SERIOUSLY LAYED. AT LYTTELTON MORNING. NJOUS VOYAGE. sverity of the g&le was ferry steamer Mararoa,, igton at her usual time night for Lyttelton. sage received from i, Sewell late yesi stated that ho exi at Lyttelton at dayg, provided the weather Aerate. Prom the meslered that the Mararoa ng into the gale ever foington, but for a long lave made little or no i at daylight she will ours for the voyage, »r a protracted trip for for a great number of ience of the passengers, ibont 130, may be Arrangements, with the expected arraroa at Lyttelton this ilway Department have whatever time the ive, the passengers will h from Lyttelton. The I leave Lyttelton for lediately the passengers special train will take ggage later. t >K STRAIT. OP THE GALE; ', HELD UP AT LINGTON. CUTIOS IZLEGBAII.) MNGTON, June 14. itherly galo has intering. All the small vesport; they were unable ■remendous sea now : Strajt. aat this weeK-end gATe aviest ever experienced of "Wellington, rgo vessels duo to ar- » Zealand Shipping mer Orari, which has message that she is Strait, waiting srate. Sho is expected i Monday, ferry steamer Kaitoa, Nekon last night for e was due this rnornwas no appearance of oon. Sho is believed ; on tho southern side The Kaitoa does not eft Picton for Wellingitered such heavy seas rt sho returned top'ort, foot of next column.)

WIRES BLOWN DOWN.

(press assocutiok telegram.) AUCKLAND, Juno 13. During tho heavy blow last night the electric power wires were blown dewn at Devonport and Stanley Bay. Both places were in darkness tor about three hours, till 8 p.m., when repairs were effected. To-day is very cold, but the sun is shining. IN THE COUNTRY. Saturday morning in Ashburton broke dull, with a slight breeze blowing from a southerly quarter. The sun shone, out brightly about 10 o'clock, but after about two hours it was obscured. In the afternoon the weather became very cold and a heavy shower of sleet and. hail fell shortly after 4 o'clock. Eight degrees of frost were registered oh Saturday morning. , „.•••,.■ Snow commenced to fall in Fairlie and surrounding districts on Thursday night and continued throughout Friday. There were about nine inches or show at Sherwood Downs on Friday afternoon, ranging down to about four inches in the Fairlie township. On account of the, snowstorm the Timaru mail car was four nouns late in reaching its destination on Friday. Intermittent showers of rain fell throughout yesterday, and up to 9 a.m. yesterday morning .23 inches were registered. Friday's improvamenfo-in the weather condition's at Timaru proved to be onjy temporary, a cold . southerly, wind springing up on Saturday and blowing strongly throughout the day. Yesterday was again cold and there were ucattjered showers of rain, though the wind had moderated considerably. Mists, rain, and frosts have made tho ground unworkable, with a result that all work on tho land is suspended (writes our Kimberley correspondent). Snow fell during Thursday night, leaving a liperal amount upon the ground on Friday morning. Those who ven-. tured to Darfield on Thursday evening to: witness the turning on of _ the dectrio power were unfortunate in having to journey homo in a fall of snow. Very cold wintry weather has been experienced at Kirwee diiring the past few days (writes our correspondent). On Thursday evening the wind blew strongly from tho north-west for a few hours, but about midnight a gale came! up from the south-west, and shortly afterwards heavy rain set m, and continued till nearly morning, when it changed to snow, an inch and a half covering the ground at 6 a.m. on Friday. Tjio weather continued very black and wintry all* day, ram, hail and snow falling at intervals. Snow again fell during Friday night. Tho rainfall for Friday and Saturday totalled 58 points, and 1.96 inches has already fallen during the month. _ Seasonable but hot severe conditions prevailed for several days at Hanmer Springs this week, and on Thursday, morning the glass-had mado a noticeable rise, followed by a sunny day. Tho glass fell again 20 points by afternoon. About dusk a nor'-wester commenced to blow and continued into tho night, when the wind veered round and blew hard from the south-west, accompanied by rain. At daybreak the flats had a coating of snow. Ihere were odd light snow showers during Sridav, accompanied by a piercingly cold wind. On Saturday morning the glass had risen, tdth calm but dull, unpromr ising conditions. There were eight to ten inches of sriow on the flat, coming on the top of the previous fall, whicn had not got away to any extent; 1.21 inches of rain were registered at the State Forest Service station last week. On Saturda'v morning there was a thin coating *of frozen snow on the ground at Hakaia, but this soon disappeared. The eun sfcono at intervals during the. day, but.the wind became more' boisterous in the afternoon, and several showers of ram fell. An unpleasant change m the weather was experienced at Little River on Friday. Thursday was a beautiful day. Tffere was every mdicatibn of frost at sunset, but about midnight the wind veered round to southwest, and heavy-rain, sleet, ana snow set in. Tho hilltops have their first coating of snow this season. Wintry weather set in in earnest on Mondav morning at Broomfield and Continued until Wednesday Thursday was fine, but again that night the weather broke:, a „ d Friday morning dawned with snow everywhere, but it did not lie for long on the flat. The weather still continues very threatening and bitterly cold. Sleet fell at Darfield on- Thursday, and continued intermittently on Fndav and Yesterday was cold and showery. '