WELLINGTON WINDS.

Evening Star, Issue 3315, 4 October 1873, Page 3

WELLINGTON WINDS.

This is not by any ireans a new subject; a recent writer, however, contrives to give it an air of novelty, wlpch renders his remarks entertaining if not instructive. We extract the following It is pot exaggeration to say that in the matter of storms the idiosyncrasy of Wellington is not belied, although as regards the earthquakes the place is to be vo'ed a sell. It is true that some days ago, when there was a lull in the gales for a few hours, ye inhabitants of ye country seemed impressed with a conviction that an earthquake was impending, but I believe the character for shakes i» a cunningly devised fable got up by the people for the purpose of ah racting attention, and making the outside world believe that Wellington has at least one thing not enjoyed by the rest,of New Zealand. But in the way of wind the city possesses an unquestioned distinction. A somewhat ludicrous illustration of this occurred last session, and is embalmed among the traditions of the House. It appears that on the meteorological report of the Colony being laid on the table of the House, it was found, to the amazement of m .mbers, that in the force and continuance of winds Wellington exhibited a lower figure than almost any other place in New Zealand. The circumstance was noticed but scarcely commented on by other members; but our Mr Swanson, with that irrepressible impulse to know the why and the wherefore ot things, for which he is distinguished, set himself to fathom the mystery. In one of his ramblinga around the glens and gullies that skirt tho city ho fell across the wind gauge in a quiet sequestrated nook with its fans slowly and leisurely revolving while a wild gale was sweeping over tho city and harbor. Amazed at the singular solution of the mystery, the inquiring mind of the member for Newton set itself to further investigate the reason of the wind gauge being so located. By the ready means of a question in the House, after some difficulty and considerable fencing, it was at last elicited from the Government that the wind gauge had been, so located because that on two previous occasions it had been erected elsewhere, and on both occasions had been blown away by the wind.