19 DECEMBER
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE
2061

NOTES ON THE WEATHER FOR NOVEMBER 1963

General: November was a cool month. In many parts of the Auckland Province it was also very dry until the last three days, when some of these areas received good rain. Growth was retarded by the dry, cold weather, and in some areas dairy production was affected. Late frosts damaged some crops, especially in Canterbury on the 6th and 7th.

Strong gales buffeted the country from Auckland to Nelson and Marlborough on the 8th, and damage was reported in many districts.

Rainfall: Rainfall was less than two-thirds the average value in northern Northland, western Waikato, and most of the Taupo-Bay of Plenty area; also in parts of Nelson, Marlborough, and Central Otago. Elsewhere it was mainly close to normal; but in southern Northland and parts of southern and central Hawke’s Bay, northern Manawatu, and Buller it was more than 50 per cent above.

Temperatures: Temperatures were mainly cooler than normal, by 1–2 degrees in the North Island and by 2–3 degrees in the South Island. However, in Northland, Auckland, North Taranaki, Nelson, and Marlborough they were close to average. In many parts of the South Island November was cooler than October—in inland Canterbury by 2 degrees.

Snow was reported to low levels in parts of the South Island and the North Island high country on the 6th.

Sunshine: Sunshine was mainly close to normal. However, Wellington was favoured with 40 hours above average and Nelson and Blenheim 24 above average; while Dunedin had 40 hours less than average.

Weather Sequence: During the first three days of the month an anticyclone extended on to New Zealand from the Tasman Sea and the weather was mainly fair or fine. However, on the 1st it rained in Northland, in the Gisborne district, and on the Southland coast.

From the 4th to the 6th a very deep depression passed to the south of Campbell Island, while the associated trough of low pressure crossed the country. Some rain was reported in all districts except parts of Gisborne and Hawke’s Bay; and the south-westerly change on the 6th brought unusually low temperatures, with snow to low levels in parts of the South Island and the North Island high country. Further general rain occurred during the next three days as a complex depression passed over Cook Strait; and strong gales buffeted the country from Auckland to Nelson and Marlborough.

With rising pressures the weather improved during the 10th and 11th. South-westerlies prevailed with showers still in quite a few districts and some unseasonable frosts. A trough of low pressure which crossed New Zealand during the 12th and 13th brought rain, mainly coastal in the South Island, but more general in the North Island.

The period from the 14th to the 20th was one of westerly weather, with pressures high to the north and low to the south. Rain persisted on the West Coast and on the Southland coast; but elsewhere the weather was mainly fair, except on the 17th, when western districts of the North Island, Wairarapa, and most eastern districts of the South Island received some rain with the passage of a trough of low pressure. This fine spell for most districts persisted for another three days as an anticyclone crossed the North Island, but some showers were still reported on the West Coast.

From the 24th to the 26th a small depression crossed the South Island with light rain, except in Bay of Plenty, Gisborne, and Hawke’s Bay. However, these districts benefited from rain brought by a southerly change during the next two days, while the weather cleared in the west.

During the last two days of the month Northland received considerable rain from a small depression; while elsewhere it was mainly fine.

R. G. SIMMERS, Director.
(N.Z. Met. S. Misc. Pub. 107)

Price Order No. 1925 (Amendment No. 8 of Price Order No. 1901) (Eggs)

PURSUANT to the Control of Prices Act 1947, I, Alan Brown McLauchlan, pursuant to a delegation from the Secretary of Industries and Commerce acting under a delegation from the Price Tribunal, hereby make the following Price Order:

1. This order may be cited as Price Order No. 1925 and shall be read together with and deemed part of Price Order No. 1901* (hereinafter referred to as the principal order).

2. This order shall come into force on the 4th day of January 1964.

3. The principal order is hereby amended by revoking the First and Second Schedules thereto, and substituting the following Schedules.

FIRST SCHEDULE

MAXIMUM WHOLESALE PRICES (PER DOZEN) FOR EGGS TO WHICH THIS ORDER APPLIES

SECOND SCHEDULE

MAXIMUM RETAIL PRICES (PER DOZEN) FOR EGGS TO WHICH THIS ORDER APPLIES

Dated at Wellington this 17th day of December 1963.

A. B. MCLAUCHLAN,
Director of Trade Practices and Prices Division.

(I. & C.)
*Gazette, 21 December 1962, Vol. III, p. 2295
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