SNOW TURNS TO SLUSH

Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20001, 28 July 1939, Page 4

SNOW TURNS TO SLUSH

THAW IN DUNEDIN CITY

SERVICES RESTORED FOOD SHORTAGE RELIEVED (Per Press Association.) DUNEDIN, this day. The snowstorm, which has swept the city and. province for the past three days, abated yesterday and. with a rise in temperatures, a thaw set in, turning the streets and footpaths into a mass of dirty slush that added to the discomfort of citizens, but made easier the task of those clearing the streets of heavy snow. Essential services are slowly being returned to normal. Except for the Anderson's Bay .and Caver sham lines, the electric trains were run on all routes yesterday, although the hill suburbs arc still without transport The main .north and south railway lines have been cleared of snow and the road is cleared of snow, and trains were dispatched to both Christchurch and Invercargill. The main south 'road :is now for traffic, but the north road is still blocked by heavy drifts and will not be open for traffic until after the week-end. Tiie danger of a shortage of food in the city has now been lessened. Fresh meat was brought in from the abbatoirs yesterday and, although the milk supply must necessarily remain short, until communication with the outlying (country districts is completely restored, many householders received some milk yesterday for the first time since Monday. There is a similar position with regard to fresh vegetables, but supplies of cabbages and cauliflowers are expected from Taieri to-day. Up till Wednesday night Central Otago .appeared to .have escaped the worst of the .storm, but the weather then broke and heavy snow fell and yesterday all roads were blocked, isolating the hinterland from the coastal districts. Although the danger of serious accident or injury was present during the past three days, the city remained remarkably free from accident.