THE WEATHER IN CANTERBURY.

Evening Star, Issue 4011, 4 January 1876, Page 2

THE WEATHER IN CANTERBURY.

Thursday last was the hottest and most oppressive day felt this season, the thermometer registering 86deg in the shade and 130 in the sun. Several cases of sunstroke occurred during the morning. At Rangiora two brothers, Abraham and William Jones, laborers, the former an old resident in the district, were at work on their land near the Ashley, mowing grass during the morning. Another mian was also at work in the same field with a mowing machine, and in passing where Abraham Jones was working, noticed him staggering, and

at once went to his assistance. He did not see the other brother about, and con* eluded he had gone home. Several neigh*, bora helped to get Abraham Jones to his home, and Dr Burrows was sent for, and at once pronounced his case hopeless, and that he was beyond human aid. However, he lingered on during the day. On bringing the one brother honio, the neighbors found that William had not been heard of, and a, search .was made round the paddock in which the men were working, and the poor man was soon found lying on the ground quite unconscious. He was also taken home, and expired almost immediately Abraham Jones is a married man, and the father of a large' family. William; wae married, Mb lived with his brother. '' rn