HEAVY SNOWFALL.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 590, 19 August 1909, Page 6

HEAVY SNOWFALL.

A TRAVELLER MISSING.

(By Telegraph—Press Association.) Christchurch, August 18. On Monday last a man. named Donald left Jollie's Pass for Moleswortli. His horse was subsequently found, it having, arrived at Clarence accommodation-house on Tuesday. The' mail has not been heard of. It is supposed. that lib is lost in -the snow. There was three feet of snow at Jollie's Pass yesterday, and-the work of the ?search party which has been taken out by, Constable Bird will: be extremely difficult, as the snow is at present very loose. ■ : ' Tlniafu. 'August 18. ' There was a fairly heavy fall of snow this morning. It lasted two hours. / Ashburton, August 18. Snow commenced to fall at 10 o'clock, and is continuing steadily. Palmsrston, August 18. Tho weather is very cold. Snow, was falling, heavily, on the hills and lightly ,in town last night. Gore, August. 18. . Snow began to fall here yesterday afternoon, and continued throughout the night. About.three.inches now covers the surrounding lower levels. Football matches had to be postponed. AN ICY DAY-ON THE RIMUTAKAS. Yesterday's, "southerly" brought the first fall of snow of tho season to the Rimutakas, writes, our travelling correspondent. _ The Wellington side of tie uplands was lightly fluffed, tut' farther on, between Kaitoke and the' Summit, there was a fall of fully two inches. In, places the foliage on 1 tho mountain was so heAvily/mantled that the train appeared-to bo passing through, a snow forest.- When the'Napier-Wellington express passed over the ranges yesterday morning, it* was still snowing between Kaitoke and the Summit, arid some passengers, following tho oldrestftblished custom, snowballed each other with' more or less erratic aim, and cold lingers. Trainmen oii the . Summit . say that -the fall there was the heaviest far some years. The Wairarapa side of the mountain was comparatively free from the ioy visitation. Yesterday's snowfall was the second, experienced this season in the Wellington district, tho first (a fine' spectacle) having occurred about twelve' days ago in the Mauawatu Gorge.

Quito a mantle of snow was to he seen yesterday oil tho higher peaks of the Wniiiui hills, and also on the hills above Lowry Bay and Day's Bay. .