FALL OF SNOW

Hokitika Guardian, 29 July 1930, Page 5

FALL OF SNOW

IN NORTH ISLAND. WANGANUI’S FIRST FALL FOR. 30 YEARS. (By Telegraph—Per Press Association.) WANGANUI. July 28. For the first time in 30 years there , AA’as a considerable fall of snoAv in. the city at an early hour this morning. It Avas folloAA’ed by sleet and hail. , The fall of suoav in the back coun- * try was heavier and the hills are all , covered, some of the hailstones Avere as large as marbles and the fall was one of the heaviest experienced here, though little damage is reported. SOUTHLAND SNOW STORM. A WIDESPREAD FALL. INVERCARGILL, July 28. Southland did not escape the cold snap, Avliich appears to have been felt throughout the Dominion during the' AA’eek-end. Though, in most parts, the temperatures were; hot abnormally loaa', ' a considerable amount of snow fell. , , j Around Invercargill, ip most of the coastal regions, nnd through much of the eastern district, particularly in the vicinity of Gore, the fail of snow was , fairly light, and did not exceed two and a-half inches,; on'the average, In the northern district and,in the higher couutry of the Western district, the conditions were more severe. -R Although snoAv did not Commence to 'fall in Invercargill, and in the lower country until the early hours of this morning, in many of the higher areas ; it has been falling since Saturday. In , the country around Garston in the Lake Country, the average depth this morning was over one foot, and there Avere drifts as deep as four feet. , Travelling conditions were very difficult in this district, and the drivers of cars had to shoA’el the snoAv clear before they could pass some sections of the road. A large service bus was unable, to get through, and passengers and packets had to be conveyed in- a saloon car, which reached Invercargill with snow piled high on its running boards and bonnet. •!’ THE WEATHER. • PALMERSTON NORTH, July 29. Despite, bitterly cold Aveather during the AA’eek-end there was no fall j of snoAv, at Palmerston North, although there Avere falls oil the hills in the adjacent country districts. Two inches a Aokautere were the heaviest for five wars.