THE WEATHER.

South Canterbury Times, Issue 2755, 21 January 1882, Page 2

THE WEATHER.

Following the dull damp weather of yesterday, a steady south-west rain set in last evening and continued through ont the night with scarcely an intermission. This morning the rain was still heavier, street channels were running full and every hollow was soon filled. While the rain will do good to the pastur ,it is to be regretted on the whole that so much has fallen. It has put a stop to harvest operations, and will probably injure, more or less, some of the grain already cut, and throw down heavy standing crops. The rainfall appears to be pretty general throughout the colony. Press Association messages of last night state that it had rained incessantly for 24 hours at Auckland ; it had been very wet for two days at Wellington, and was still raining. At Christchurch a heavy sou’-wester with rain caused the postponement of the All-England Cricket Match, and Ashburton had had 24 hours’ incessant rain.

Captain Edwin threatens us with a continuance of disagreeable weather. Captain Mills received the following telegram from him at noon yesterday : “ Bad weather approaching from between north-east and cast and south. Glass

will fall further four-tenths. Sea will be heavy after ten hours and increasing, and will be very heavy after sixteen hours. Indications are for, very bad easterly weather between this and next forty-eight hours.