Notes of the Day
Feilding's vital statistics for the month of August together with those for the same month last year, given in parenthesis, were: Births 13 (17); deaths 6 (4); marriages 4 (8). Repairs and certain structual alterations to several business premises in Feilding, rendered necessary by the re- , cent earthquakes, continue to occupy j the. full time of limited labour in the _ The rainfall in Feilding for the month of August was slightly under the average of 2.Blins. The heaviest fall during the month was on August 13 when .511ns. was measured. Weather conditions were distinctly variable during the month when the elements provided a hailstorm, a light fall of snow, five frosts and a memorable cold southerly gale. Despite such unsettled conditions, stated Air i. Mason yesterday, plant life answered the call of spring and stood the changeable conditions better than expected. The total rainfall in Feilding so far this year measured 22.S9ins.
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Manawatu Times, Volume 67, Issue 209, 2 September 1942, Page 6
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