UNPLEASANT WEATHER.
MWY BLO\\ IN THE OITY.
■ .iO/hySatuiiksjnißht. , .Wellington-was haronol'of Uie htaviest , calcs.expcriericed for «. loise ■.time';-.vltV.'api^eared'to,.'gradually increaso /towards jnldiiifiht,' when it blew with hvir•'r'icane':Jfpro«;v\with an' occasional Bhower !'of:'ra:ir...v ; s« , >ss -A , .-. :■■:.,.-■>■-.
~.:Tho?stbrm.'played, havoc with those folk ~ who;,rnafce: i .a:,«habit of leaving their Sun■■.day'sfshpppingf.until the last thing on 'Saturday-'J nighty and then stagger homo ]aden!..;'witli , j. ; aii-.Brmful of , pafce'ls which, 'have .littlo-y'sympathy with oue another.' ;Prie^ladyi;./wnen'-running before tho gale ifc'Cburteriaj , . , .;Place, had to jettison, somo of.her;parcels." , 'Among the flotsam picked 'npJ,;by"J,'eympathetio passsrs-by were a ■doMtt. 6ranges.';and :,, a pound of sausages. ;/'Thanky..heaveri,?':;Eaid. the. cheerful old. : lady.'Vasjishe , ; received, back ,, the sausajses, ■:"thoy'ye ,, '.got::skins , .on!" There's nothing Uike looking on , the bright side , of things, ;AtPabout':.lo.3o.. p.m. a tramcar . lost its : .trolly;hcadf opposite the Gity Hotel and 'the*conductor, ,1, who' ,, said that tho wind iblew/ft^.cffifhad.a ,, narrow.escape.from be : ing : i6toiick*.,witli ; the heavy "head."- ,, -i.:3jhev'igele'/'carried away a fesy;of: the .telephones.wire.s. in , ., tlio city; but. no ser:.ioi!s.,damage;has. boen reported. j; ' :. ; T\h'o.::gale,.,,'continued yesterday/but was inoKnearly'w';fierce as on Saturday night, ;ahd??dui'iug:: r tho.' : . afternoon. .there wero Tbreaksiof.welcome blue in the rain-clouds.
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Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1468, 17 June 1912, Page 4
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172UNPLEASANT WEATHER. Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1468, 17 June 1912, Page 4
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