HAIL AND SNOW
STORM IN BACK COUNTRY PARAPARA ROAD BLOCKED. (By Telegraph—Press Association.) ' WANGANUI. This Day. A heavy hailstorm early today covered the landscape with a white mantle. The hail thawed quickly, causing flooding and damage to houses through leaks Orchards and gardens also suffered. There is a heavy coating of snow in the Kakatahi district. The Parapara Road is again blocked with three extensive slips, which will take some days to clear. Three inches of snow fell in three hours in Taihape and six inches in the bfieh country.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 14 September 1939, Page 8
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90HAIL AND SNOW Wairarapa Times-Age, 14 September 1939, Page 8
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