DISMAL WEEK-END

Dominion, Volume 20, Issue 55, 29 November 1926, Page 8

DISMAL WEEK-END

TORRENTIAL RAIN AND COLD SNAP

ALL OUT-DOOR PASTIMES POSTPONED

Wellington experienced most unseasonable weather over the week-end. Saturday morning broke with drizzling showers, and shortly after midday a steady downpour set in, with an appreciable drop in the temperature, and an increase in the velocity of the wind.

Cricket, bowling, tennis, golf, and croquet players, who had been wondering all ' morning whether they would be able to indulge in their favourite pastimes, were convinced by 2 o’clock that all play for the day would be quite out of the question, as the rain at tin’s hour was descending' heavily, and most of the playing areas were under water. The athletic meeting at the Basin Reserve had to be postponed until this evening, but, with Spartan fortitude, the long-distance cycle race from the Basin Reserve to Quin’s Post and back was carried through. The riders, though spills were frequent, plugged through rain and mud in manful fashion, and the majority of the big entry completed the journey, well 'smothered in mud. Altogether it was the most dismal week-end Wellington has experienced for some years past. The weather yesterday was again bleak and cold. The clouds lifted about 5 o’clock yesterday afternoon, and blue skies presaged happier conditions for ‘starting, the new week. The recorded rainfall in Wellington for the 24 hours ending 9 o’clock ye'sterdav morning was 1.49 inches. A moderate southerly gale was raging throughout Saturday and yesterday on the east coast of both islands. Vessels which arrived at Wellington yesterday reported heavy seas, and frequent rain squalls with occasional hail. At a late hour last night the gale continued unabated, although the rain squalls were less frequent, but hail showers were still occasional. The temperature throughout yesterday was quite wintry. RAIN IN DUNEDIN THREE DAYS OF IT. Dominion Special. Dunedin, November 28. The past three days have been anything but seasonable. Rain fell heavily on Wednesday, the second day of the summer show, which was People’s Day. The Forbury Park trots were also afflicted with' the same dismal weather, and the conditions have not improved since. All outdoor fixtures other than the trots were postponed yesterday. To-day there was a slight improvement but the sky still has a cloudy and threatening appearance.