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Hawke's Bay Times, Volume XII, Issue 538, 30 December 1867, Page 3

The Weather in Bratdwood. — The Despatch, 27th November, says : —This is now the topic painfully engrossing the attention of every individual member of the community. Anxious eyes are cast up every morning and evening at tho sky to discover the smallest cloud, even though it be, as of old, no bigger than a man’s bond, which will give the slightest hope of a shower. But although there are no lack of clouds covering the sky every evening, no further moisture is accorded to us than the fog which is brought up from the sea, cooling the atmosphere. Yesterday a strong dry wind set in from the westward. On Monday morning there was a severe frost. The ground was white with it, and standing water in some situations was iced over. Everything in the way of vegetables that escaped the previous frosts a few days before that fell a victim to this. The weather this season is most unpropitious, what with the heavy frosts and the drought which threatens to continue such a length of t ime as to destroy everything. The Western Times (Victoria) has the following local anecdote ; —A gentleman of the cloth, a resident of this neighborhood, while conducting the devotions of tho people on a recent occasion, felt drawn out in the course of his petitions for the Queen and the Royal Family, to pray for our rulers, especially the Assembly of Victoria, whom he supplicated the Giver of all good to “endow with wisdom and prudence,” urging his appeal by the ejaculation, very fervently added, “ for, Lord, they need it.” Query.—When a ship sinks, isn’t il, a misnomer to enquire into tho ground of her going down r

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