CHRISTCHURCH.
~. , . , Decomber 10. Eighteen cadet corps will talio part in tho camp to' bo held at tho' show-grounds RajigioTn, from December 11 to December is' and it is expected that nearly 2000 boys will bo on parade. Weill--Colonel Hawkins will visit tho camp on Decomber 16—Anniversary Day—when a general inspection' will be made. : A thunderstorm passed round Christchurch on Sunday', morning, and in tho afternoon a welcome rain fell for about 'an hour, but it was too brief to bo of. much use. ,'Twcntvfour hours' fall at least is needed for tho crops and pastures, which aro showing the. elfect of a dry, hot spring and early summer, following npon an unusually dry winter. In tho northern district the rainfall' yesterday* was heavier, and quite a magical ie'ffcct was produced on all vegetation. '
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Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 66, 11 December 1907, Page 9
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