(PRESS ASSOCIATION TELEGRAM.) W±_-UL-1-.yC-_'OA t , August 9. Wind—Gale from between south-east and south and south-west all places northward ot Thames and Ra-glan; heavy gale from between north-east and east and south at ail places, eastward of Raglan, Wanganui, and Cape Pat User; strong winds from the eastward a. _U_ other parts of the Worth Island; easterly gale on —c east coast of the South Islana north of Lyttelton after 20 hours, strong nor therly win<is elsewhere. Barometer—Rise all places north of Raglan and Thames; fall at all other places. heavy on the eastern coast north of Cape Palliser and thence south to Lyttel ton after 20 hours; moderate all the western coast; considerable easterly swell southwarc o_ Lyttelton. Tides very high on the easterr. coast north of Lyttelton; good from thence southward and at Patea; low everywhere else. Rain all parts North Island east of Raglan and Wanganui; heavy on eastern coast north of Cape Palliser. Fioods probable in at. rivers running to the east coast of the -North Island; Manawatu river rising after 20 hours. Warning signals for southerly gales are ex hibited at Cape Maria Van Dieinon and Tiri tiri, and for easterly gales at Capes Campbell and Farewell Spit.
ST-.0P513 OF THB PREVIOUS 24 HOtTBS. Easterly gales and heavy rainfall all places north of .Napier, Tapo, Raglan, with very heavy sea on the coast; strong winds from the eastward, and fine hut cloudy weather every where else. A low pressure from the north west is about 180 miles north-east from Kus sell, travelling to the south-east. There is also a low pressure in the Tasman Sea, and a lov. pressure from the west will pass eastward ol the meridian of the South Oape on the 11th. R. i-JDWIN.
