COLD WEATHER.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 251, 16 July 1908, Page 8

COLD WEATHER.

'/ ' ♦" ■ SNOW IN CENTRAL 1 0TACO. . ' (Br TELEGBAPH.—-SPEOIAI. CORRESPONDENT) Dunedin, July io. It is confidently that oil the Otago Central line the 7.45 a.m. train'from Dunedin .to-morrow will be able to reach Clyde at noon. • To-day, only about three inijes of snow had to' be cleared from the railway. ' . . , ,A Naseby message to;tho, "Star" states that snow fell intermittently with -sleet showers all day yesterday to a depth of nearly a foot, tho work of clearing the track to Rarifurly being suspended. ; The weather has now cleared. Tho barometer is rising slightly. The- tolegraph -lines are being gradually cleared: - Great .-hardships are being experienced by the linemen.. Two Palmerston linemen, .were forced •to leave their horSes s ; ome miles south of Kyeb'urn, the hole's being- completely exhausted and their feet cut by ico.' The linesmen had to scramble the' rest ,of the distance on foot, but stuck gamely to their work, and reached Kyeburn at night! ■ ' ". . The miners and* rabbiters in isolated parts of the country : have all been. rescued, and no, further casualties aro reported.;: ■ ■ A good many people are quite out of coal and kerosene is all 'sold out. Bread'is expected to reach-Is.' a loaf , , and butter, milk, and meat are also becoming dfcarer. LATEST' FROM' OTAGO, | ' punodin, July 15: ; At its meeting;the Taieri-County Council to-day received the report of the County (Engineer estimating, as far as could, at Ipreserit be. ascertained', tho dariiage to roads and bridges. b,v' the flood at £5000. It was ■resolved, to ask for a Government grant to ithat amount. -.A,- disputation is to proceed to iWcllington iir support of the claim, audi Mr. fDonald, Reid,-Jl.r. for .Taieri, and Dunedin City members are to be asked to'assist'in the ftirthcranco of tho same.' ■■■■•. '• It was- also, resolved to telegraph to tho iPriino Minister requesting that feed for starving stock bo railed to Taieri.free, and that stock bo railed free to places whore feed is obtainable. ■. • ■ -. ■ .. .., ! Instructions were given ,to the . Engineer to cut road embankments where necessary, and t-o construct temporary crossings. . ' It is estimated that £1300 will easily cover all losses to livo sleek,' and ahout £1100 other loses! Losses in tlio Henley district cannot yet bo estimated. . '