(press assoc_:atio**. telegf.im.) W-_.-.LINGTO_\r, August 8. "Wind—Gale from b«3tween north-east and east and south at all places north oi Napier, Taupe and New Plymouth noon, extending southward to Cape Campbell und Cape Farewell nftei sixteen hour 3. Strong easterly winds else where. Barometer—Fall everywhere. .Sea—Very heavy on al 1 the eastern coast north of Cape Campbell. Heavy easterly sweil tnence southward. Moderate on all western coast. Tides—Very high on the .astern coast north ward of Castlepoint, good from thence south ward ; low on all the western coast of the North Island; moderate elsewhere. Rain—Heavy in tlue -forth Island north of Napier and New Plymouth, and extending southward to Kaikoura and Cape Farewell al ter 16 hours. Warning signals for easterly galea are exhibited at liritiri, Cape Campbell, Cape Farewell Spit, nnd at Cape Foulwind. SYNOPSIS OF THE PBEVIOtJS 24 HOUES. Pressure has decreased slowly everywhere, but mostly at places .north, of the East Cape, Taupo and Raglan. There has been a heavy •easterly gale, with heavy rain, during the night north of Thames, Manukau and Gisborne, and easterly winds have bcien prevalent and general ly with fine weather everywhere else. Pres sure is low at about 153 miles north of the North Cape, and travailing to the 6outh-e_Bt. A low pressure from the west will pass east in the meridian of the South Cape on the 11th. R. EDWIN".
YESTERDAY EVENING'S REPORTS.
