SNOW IN ASHBURTON.

Taihape Daily Times, Volume XI, Issue 3327, 4 November 1919, Page 4

SNOW IN ASHBURTON.

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' After 3:. month of dry weather, followed by"sweltel-zing nor,’-Westers towards the end of theweek, rain set in one Sunday. -morning, and continued throughout the -day. At eight o’clock last night it ‘coninienced to snow, and continued well into the night, at good three inches having fallen. The limbs of trees in orchards were broken in all directions with the weight of the snow, and serious damage to gardens is reported. Telephone communication is interrupted with the country districts. The snowstorms may mean loss of many reccntly~ shorn sheep. It is about thirty years since the district had a similar visitation in Novcniber.

Q--——. ROUGH WEATHER IN WANGANU I. _ MISSING LAUNCH PICKED UP. WANGANUI, this day. Yestereve the sea too rough f'ol',liglltcl's to: go to the assistance of the launch Kingfisher. The crew of the liner Tropic, at the request of the harbourmaster, stood by all night, with a lifcboaf swung ready in case of emergency. The. stéamor Mane, which had been waiting for a lull in the Weather, managed to get out at four o’clock this morning, and suCcec(leCl in picking up; the men and launch, =?he men being none the worse for t‘neir cxpei-ienccs.