THE WEATHER

Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 229, 15 June 1918, Page 6

THE WEATHER

. 9. L. 1 FORECAST AND SUMMARY AT 4 P.M. YESTERDAY. Present indications are for etroni; and variable winds with westerlies prevailing northwards of Kawhia. and Ernst Cape, and increasing easterly to northerly winds -elsewhere. A continuance of .unsettled, cloudy,. and misty -weather may bo expected with heavy rain generally and snow in the hig'i country in the south. Barometer unsteady ■with a falling tendency. liarometrie lias decreased eteadily and dull, misty, and wet weather has ruled with moderate and variable breezea. ]). C. BATES, Director! Meteorological Office, Wellington, June 14, 1918. ' DISTRICT REPORTS. (From Our Own Correspondents.) Jlasterton, June 14—Showery.

At ii meeting of the Masterton Friendly Societies' Council on Tlmvsilay evening, the following resolution was carried:— "Tliat this council supports the action of the various friendly societies' councils and the executive officers in their efforts towards urging iho Government to assist the lodges financially during the present crisis, as the council views with alarm the .increasing liability caused through keeping members financial who are on active service." In the Magistrate's Court at Mastcrtoii on Friday, three charges of alleged breaches of the Licensing Act, preferred against the licensee of the Lower Taueru Hotel, were dismissed by Mr. L. Ci. Reid, S/M. The Masterton Miniature Hide Club opened its sca.son on Thursday. The lurlsest score was made by 11. Price. Mr. P. Eraser will deliver'an address on "Crime and Punishment: The Need for Tolerance and Common-sense." in the Alexandra Hall, Abel Smith Street, oil Sunday evening, at 8 o'clock.