SNOW IN CANTERBURY.
TRAFFIC INTERRUPTED. Per Press Association.. CHRISTCHURCH, May 6. High level road communications in Canterbury were interrupted to-day by heavy falls of snow, which accompamed .a' bitterly cold south-westerly gale. The depth of snow which blocked Porter’s Pass and Arthur’s Pass on Sunday was increased, and in addition falls on the higher parts of Banks Peninsula : delayed traffic on many roads. ’ . ,
The rainfall registered at Christchurch magnetic observatory for the 24 hours up to 9 o’clock this morning was-1.78.in. A further,’eight points fell before 3 p.ni.; making a total of 2.4Bin\ since the rain set in on Saturday night. Notwithstanding the-sev-erity of the storm, there was remarkably little damage yii the province. RIVER" GAUGE. .
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LX, Issue 134, 7 May 1940, Page 2
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