WEATHER REPORTS

Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2810, 30 June 1916, Page 8

WEATHER REPORTS

AT 4 P.M. YESTERDAY. Capo Maria van Diemen.—N.W., fresh; barometer, 29.80; thermometer, 60. I'ine; sea rough. Russell.—West, breeze; barometer, 29.75; thermometer. 66. Pine; sea. rough. Manukau Heads.—West, moderate gale; barometer, 29.69; thermometer, 56. Overcast, showery; sea tmooth. Auckland.—West, moderate gale; barometer, 29.70; t-lurmomcter, 60. Passing showers. Tauranga—S.W., light; barometer, 29.63; thermometer, 56. Pair; sea rough. East Capo—Not received. Gisborne.—N.E., fresh; barometer, 29.61; thermometer, 56. Cloudy; sea moderate swell. Port Ahuriri.—East, fresh; barometer, 29.58; thermometer, 56. Cloudy; sea modcrate. Castlepoint— S.E., light; barometer, 29.50; thermometer, 55. Rain; sea heavy. Wellington—North, breeze; barometcr, 29.48; thermometer, 53. Overcast, drizzle. New Plymouth.—W.N.W., fresh; barometer, 29.58; thermometer, 56. Cloudy, showery: sea rough. Caipe Egmont—N.W., light; barometer. 29.60; thermometer, 58. Cloudy; sea smooth. Wanganui.—North, light; barometer, 2H.58; thcrmoinetor, 57. Gloomy; sea suiooth. Farewell Spit..—West, breeze; barometer, 29.54; thermometer, 53. Overcast; sea moderate. Cape Foulwind—North, light; barometer, 29.48; thermometer, 44. Cloudy, showery; sco heavy. Greymouth—North, fresh; barometer, 29.36: thermometer, 46. Gloomy; searough. Stephen Island.—West, gale; barometer, 29.50; thermometer, 51. Cloudy, rain; sea heavy. Capo Campbell.—N.E., light; barometer, 29.51; thermometer, 49. Overcatt, drizzle; sea rough. Kaikoura.—East, fresh: barometer, 29.48; thermometer, 56. Overcast; sea moderate Akaroa Lighthouse.—N.E., fresh; barometer, 29.49; thermometer, 49. Drizzle; eea moderate. Port Chalmers— N.E., light; barometer, 29.52; thcrinomoter, 49. Rain; sea modor. u-tc. Nuggets—N.E., moderate gale; barometer, "29.52; thermometer, 44. Rain; sea rough. Bluff.- East, fresh; barometer, 29.53; thermometer, 39. Showery; sea heavy. D 0. BATES. Meteorological Office, Wellington. Juno 29, 1916.

A AVellington officer, writing to / his friends from France, says that one of tlio most surprising things in that, land of surprises, was for them to find that the old men, women, and children wero cultivating every inch of soil in France, right up almost to the firing-line. This system of intense cultivation is carried til such an extent that room for fences cannot bo spared, so imaginary lines divide the separately-owned properties in the rural districts. What i.s this going to mean to New Zealand? There arc thousands of farmers among, our forces in France, who are interested in the cultivation of the soil, and who, consciously or otherwise, are taking in the lessons" the French peasants teach in agricultural and pastoral economics.