A DRY AUGUST
AND AN EARLY SPRING. The past month has been one of the dryest Augusts on record in Wellington. Tho conventional August in these latitudes is usually a period of cold southerlies and heavy rain storms, witii tho usual concomitants of muddy streets in the City, landslips on tho railway lines, and a soggy country. Last wintor was a fairly mild one, but even then 2.4!) inches of rain fell in August. This year, howovcr, only 1.15 inches of rain wore recorded. Bain is nocded rather badly in tho country north of Wellington, and in tho south the dry weather during the past month has not conduced to tho happiness of the man on the land. As a result of the unusually warm bright, dry August, an early spring is in evidence in the gardens. In sheltered spots tho early roses are already in hud, and trees and shrubs aro bursting into leaf fully a month before the ' usual timei >
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Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2243, 1 September 1914, Page 7
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162A DRY AUGUST Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2243, 1 September 1914, Page 7
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