SEVERE FROSTS
'the severest frost experienced locally for some years oeeurifed yesterday morning - , followed by one ot equal severity tin’s morning. Yesterday water pipes were frozen till over the borough and even hot water services were affected. A large number of pipes were burst and for a time the plumbers were kept busy. On one property
live pipes burst. Car owners experienced difficulty in starting their engines up. One local resident tried in. vain' for over hall an hour a.ml the engine remained stubborn. The spark was tested and found satisfactory hut when the earhurreler was dismantled it was found that in the bottom portion of the bowl was a block of ice from an accumulation of water in the enrburreter.
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Manawatu Herald, Volume LI, Issue 4486, 2 August 1930, Page 2
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121SEVERE FROSTS Manawatu Herald, Volume LI, Issue 4486, 2 August 1930, Page 2
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