THE WEATHER.

Otago Witness, Issue 2815, 26 February 1908, Page 24

THE WEATHER.

AUCKLAND, Fcbruaij 24. Jlc.-uy r.-un fell at Auckland last night, and showers, were falling this moiliiug. NEW PLYMOUTH, February 24. LirV lain fell on Satuiday night and on fcunday morning, and again thi< mornmi? It seems geneial o\cr North Taranaki, ami, tlioiifih insufficient to benefit tho pastuics, much, it is qu.te enough to icinovo all anviety «bout the fires. The weather is still o\eicast and threatening. STRATFORD, February 24. Light vain fell here during Saturday m^lit, and the weather now is thieatenmsr. In t lie hack country about live hours' »tuady 10111 fdL TAIHAPE, February %. Some rain fell in the district last night. FEILDING, February 24. O\er an ini'h of rain fell at Kimbolton while a good fall was also e\yeiienced at Apiti and Rangiwahia. Tho bii3h fiies ha\e been quenched. NAPIER, February 24. Tlip best rain experienced this year fell \eMei(.ldv, but not sufficient to satiefy the fanning community. The weather is now REEFTON, February 24. Rains at Reefton on Saturday checked the. bu=h fires. HOKITIKA, February 22. At Hokitika there was a heavy downpour, acoompanied by a severe thunderstorm. In about two hours and a-half 2.62 in fell. CHRISTCHURCH, February 22. Rain has been falling at Ashburton, but it seems as far off as ever here. No rain of any consequence has fallen since October, and the prospect of winter feed is now hopeless.

Our Waitahuna correspondent cays: — " Steady rain set in on Friday morning, and continued till about 5 a.m. on Saturday, benefiting tho turnip crop and augmenting- the water supply for mining purposes. The rain has caught many of the farmers in the midst of their harvesting-, still no doubt they will he pleased to see it, a-3 the grass and turnips were much in need of it. The harvest throughout the district promises to be a good one. Heavy yields bid fair to be the rule."