THE WEATHER
RAIN POSSIBLE 1 .
Possibilities of a change in th© weather are. being eagerly looked forward to just now all over the'North Island. There appear to be hopes of the drought breaking now.. The Dominion iUeteorologi&t (Jlr. D. C. Bates) stated last night that although he was not in a position to predict a break in tho drought, conditions favourable to rain were developing The outlook was moro hopeful than it had been for som» time. The following is a percentage of the averag3 rainfall for the various districts in the North Island for the four moniths ending April::—Wanganui 33 per cent., Auckland 48 per cent., Hamilton 61 per cent., Botorua 42 percent.. New Plymouth 91 per cent., Gisborno 36 per cent., Napier. 47 per cent., Palmerston 53 per cent., Masterton 47 per cent., Wellington 69 per cent.
WANGANUI' RIVER AT RECORD LOW LEVEL. Press Association.
WANGANUI, May- 15,
...In. consequence, of the drought the volume of water-in.4J]d-AVAiiKanui river has been shrinking appreciably- and "from Taumarunui to Parakino -'where, tho tidal -influence-'-is felt, a distance of-120 miles; the river is at a record low level. The river steamer service i« boing maintained wfth tine greatest difficulty.
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New Zealand Times, Volume XLIV, Issue 10281, 16 May 1919, Page 3
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197THE WEATHER New Zealand Times, Volume XLIV, Issue 10281, 16 May 1919, Page 3
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