SOUTHERLY BLIZZARD

Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 234, 27 June 1919, Page 7

SOUTHERLY BLIZZARD

■■■■';.., . .', o .:■ ' ..;- : <....- no. great telegraph damage : : ■; /.done. ■■ ..;;■::.,:.; A'report from'the Chief Telegraph Engineer (Mr. A;' E.' Shrimpton), states that 'through ;'communication 'with the West Coast from Christchurch was. shakily re-established oil Wednesday 'night. The fact that the' Gorge lines were interrupted did not mean, that the Coast was isolated, as; it was Worked continuously via Nelson. There was no trouble with the snow/during the present.storm down south (as was at first conjectured).

Mr. Shrinipton said that it wasi only under certain atmospheric conditions that the snow adhered to the wires. He had , seen • the ...country 'white -with snow as far as the eye could reach; but'none • on the wires. On'the other hand.. he had seen the.snow cling to ; and congeal ' into ice on the wires and then to,swell ■ and ©well .as the: snow : continued to alight upon the ice, until it was as thick' as a man's body. - On.the present occasion the snow'was of-. the dry, nonadhesive kind. •.■-••■■.: :v. ~ , • -No snow.-was reported, from Kaikoura ■ oh the present occasion..'. .'. .' ■'"■: The fall, at Tarawera—on the Napier--■Taupo Road—was heavy, and'there was: 'a fall at 'Dannevirke, whero .a falling .tree broke one. of the through telegraph' ":'■ wires.- .; ■!':?, .-.''-.' -■ .> \. '. '■ ; •". Although the gale.- oh Tuesday . night -,' Fas one .of unusual .violence everywhere, ■■"-'only, one'break'was recorded in the telegraph lines .of the district—one between '■' Paekakariki and Otaki—which speaks ■ iwell; for the,6o-yard-span system now 'completed tluojighput; the.. Wellington dis-; trioti ','■■ ~,'..-"—A", /; '"'";. ; ■.■.').■"

"?■.'■' '.snow -in'. hawk.e's;bAi.. ■',v; \ . Br TelecraDli—Pr2ss Association. ■ . ... .-'■;'. ...— Dannevirke, June 26. '. ''-'.'oiiow' fell .at Dannevirke and throughout the - district yesterday and during • last night: It was the heaviest -storm ." known for over twenty-years. The countryside is covered to a depth of. about two inches, and the outlook.-for stock u occasioning anxiety. -.'■ A veryneavy snowfall, occurred in the Takapau' district, resulting in ihterrupt- . ihg the train traffic. : , ■■'■" Waipawa, June 26. ■" The heaviest fall of show, known'in this district took place last night, there being up to inches in parts... The weather now shows signs of clearing. ■■ Napier, June 26. ■ Very cold rain continued intermittently yesterday, and during the night'there. .•' Was a heavy hailstorm. - This morning' at an early-hour snow fell on the "Napier hills and icy' rain and hail also came down. It was the coldest snap for years. \ Snow is reported on the low .country at' Maraekakaho, twenty iniles from Napier. It is still Taining. ' . ; Hastings, June 26. ■ A cold rain from the south-west has fallen during- the : last three .days, reaching 2.73 inches, -but owing to the., pre-, vious dry weather the ground has absorb-, ed it, and there is no surface water at' present. The indications are promising for to-morrow's races.