IHE WEATHER

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2576, 25 September 1915, Page 4

IHE WEATHER

SUMMARY AND FORECAST Freamt indications are for. northerly winds prevailing, and increasing strorigto gale. Expect increasing cloudiness and haziness, -with rain following generally, and !i falling barometer everywhore. Atmospherfo pressure has been high but unsteady, and tlio winds variable. Cloudy skies have prevailed, with rain in parts of the North Island. D. G. BATES. Meteorological Office, ■Wellington* September 24, 1915.. DISTRICT REPORTS. (From Our Own Correspondant!.) Featherston, September 24.—Overcast. ■ Masterton,. September 24—Mild, but cloudy. ... , Greytown-, September 24—Threatening.

Something liko poetio justice, says a correspondent of an Australian paper, was associated With tlio construction of the jetty at Anzac Bay, oil which all the military stores for the Australasian Expeditionary Forces are landed. Tim Australian egnineers were authorised to fiarry oiit the work, but w'ero faced with tlie disadvantage that they had nothing in t'he iiattii'6 of a plld-driver. Many expedients were tried, but without satisfaction, and tlio authorities were on the point of sending to Egypt for a heavy metal WGiglit of some kind when the Turks fired one of their ''Jack Johnsons" from the fort at Cliaiiak. The huge shell came whistling ovet the Australian position, and buried itself harmlessly in tlio sand near the spot whore the engineers wcro racking their brains. After making all duo alowances for a delayed explosion, the men dug the projectile out, and discovered ;liat the enemy had unconsciously provided them with tlio very article ; they required. Tlio sting of the shell was drawn at once, .and the explosives chamber was filled with lead. To lit the' shell with the necessary rings aiid guides was the work of 'a. few hours, and before sundown it was being vigorously used at> a drop-weight. Every pile ;n tbs pier EM doyen Jw»9 shelii * '