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*~ THE WEATHER·-A 5N0W·
fi.rotIM.
IN Ooulburn the weather cleared on Mondey
evening, and the early psrt of the night was
fine. Earl)yesierdey the sky woe cloudy and
a few light send. passed over the oily5 and in
plaos ontside hervy showers fell. About
noon rain ds-sosedod sto,,dily, esosn oiterwards
migled with snow, and fsem O.B0. p.m tili
neoaly fire snow foil somewbat haorily. Ti-e
naesn was then very bnealifnl, hills, treeS, roofs
of bnildinsgs, she., being covered as with a snowy
mantle. Had it not bhon for the previoos
rain the fall waould hove lain from four to six
inches deep. Au it wan the snow lay thick en
the grass, puddocs and feboes, and snow
balling wan carried on vigorously by old and
young In the elty. The air was onlm while
snow loll, but at night a cold wind set in from
the BW.
Today hba been dnll,
The loll of snow and rain up to 9 5.m. to.
day was 116 points, making ntariy threoe nd
ahaslf inches sinoc last Weodocody. "
Bain has fallen in many parts of the country
bad snow is reported at Mittogono. Bowral,
lraidwood, Borrimn, Guonning, Kaloombo,
and Nimitybollo.
The land is now fairly moistened and crops
may be enpeoted to grow rapidly ehonld warm
weather follow; but it ls feared that lle-stock
will be much ent Op.
raesterday morning olnetron stetioos ro
ported rain and snow, 12t at Kiandraheaiealt,
and tise forecoots were for oneotled weather.
The telegraph lines scere intsrropted, and
commnncatitlon was not restored till midday.
It may ho menlioned tlrha tie winter of
1898 was marked with seceral falls of snsw.
Tho first wan n Ienth May, the earliest heavy
Itll rooosdod. Tole nens 22nd June, rilen it
was fie to sin Inchos deop, tlb heavi~est eree
known hers; and soreral other good falls
"iater en. The wintee that year was very
acvero.
Lust year there was only one fall of snow
in Idonlburn on 19111 May, whLon an ioch fell.
Owing to the eovree storm of last night nil
the western telegrophio lines were interrnptcd
from eight o'clock. All but one of thu
southern lines terre broughts down, causing
considerable delay in the transmission of
meseoges.
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