THE GALE.

Temuka Leader, Issue 2738, 15 November 1894, Page 2

THE GALE.

We have been experiencing for some days mixed samples of weather peculiar to New Zealand, with an nndue proportion of the nor'>westers particularly affected by Canterbury. Oa Monday there was a rainfall varying in foroe. About Temuka it waa of a light description, at Seadown and Winchester it was heavy, and at Milford there was comparatively little. A. succeeding wind practically neutralised any good it may have done. Some little snow has evidently fallen in the back country and there was a perceptible fall of temperature. On Tuesday night after a very unpleasant ; day. rain again fell, on this occasion more heavily, and the weather now seems fairly settled. A cerfcain amount of damage has been done by the gale, fruit has been stripped from trees, gardens generally battered about, several chimneys have suffered, and the roof of a shed owned by Mrs Caroline Hornbrook was blown off. - ; nar operations have been interrupted, Sheaw.. w *** reported, among shorn but no losses sheep. ~"~* Monday night's gale was felt Vt..„ strongly at Geraldine and throughout I the district, much damage being done to the fruit trees. At Woodbury the gale seems to have blown a perfect hurricane. Part of the roof of the sohoolruaster'a house was carried away, and one or two sheds in the neighbourhood were also razed to the ground. At Waimate on Monday a child named Arthur Prinuell, aged 6 years, son of a laborer of the same name, was accidentally killed by a watercloset being blown over on him by the gale of wind. Wellington, Nov. 13. A fierce nor'-west gale blew throughout the night, but is taking off this morning. The only damage done is to fences and a few chimney pots. CuaisTCiiURCH, Nov. 13. A strong nor'-west gale raged all last and is still blowing. No damage, however, is reported. HOKITIKA, Nov. 12. A terrible nor'-west gale is blowing with heavy rain. There ii a probability uf floods.

Nov. 12

This diatriot wss visited to-day by au extremely violent ourtlierly gale folowed by very heavy rain a id the tail of a thnnderstorm The barometer dropped suddenly to 23 70 bAng the lowest reading for mmy years. At the BUS the shipping pa >ple hid a vory lively time, the wind raising a heavy sea, which at hiijh w.iter Ixiro .ight ships to windward heavily on th-t wharf. Nosei-io is damage is rep >rtol. The rain was much wancol, the sock sale* having boon slow owing to the shortnem of feed. The gliss is still low, bat tho wiad and rain have taken off.