THE WEATHER

Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 1904, 28 July 1888, Page 3

THE WEATHER

The Inclement weather of the last two or three dayi resulted m a heav , flood m the river. The volume of water going down at midday yesterday was very great and It continued to lnorease till last night the river was running bank and bank. , This morning, however, the water to a great extent subsided and nnlesß the weather continues as wet as before no further damage is likely to be caused. The south braDch m coming down m good volume, but doing no damage at present on the loath bank of the river, the groin pot m at the railway bridge diverting the oorrent more towards the centre of the river. There is a heavy stream flawing mainly through the first four piers of the railway and trsffio bridges on the north ■ide of the river and this has scoured away • good deal of the shingle of the approaches to the bridges. Many of the plnus inslgnis trees lately placed m this looali^y are gone and some of them may be foqnd as far down as Wakannl. A good stream is finding its way through that portion of the river bed lately planted with willows and other trees; the wire fence of this plantation has already gone In some places and if the flood continues, the damage In this part will be considerable. One of the groinß put In by the Borough Oounoll near the Old Men's Home has been swept away, but the others are intspt,

We hear that no damage baa been caused at Wakanul, the protective works lately put m there preventing the river breaking on to the Flat.

In the Wheatstone and Waterton districts, although a large volume la going down the creeks no damage has been Okuied.

The weather at Raogitata has been very severe. On Wednesday about 2 pm. It commenced to rain heavily which continued tiJl 6 p.m., when it turned to ■now, and before midnight there was an average of six inches of snow all over, whioh remained on the ground until noon on Tuesday, when it commenced to rain and cntlnued'up to Friday afternoon to oome down m torrents without any signs of iti ceasing. As lambing has already commenced on several farms m this district, it will require very great oare on the part of owners to lave many of them from perishing. Suoh severe weather Is also very trying on oattle.

_ At Temuka there was heavy rain but j little damage is reported from floods. The Oplhl is In flood and on the Orarl Swamp road the drains and creeka are overflowIng, and the and Jfip'worth oreeks naiye proven' the{r banks. The Arowhepua creek is also very high. ' The snow pn the hills is keeping the Oplhl from rlf Ing too rapidly, but as it Is still raining, » lerious flood is considered unavoidable. The drizzling rain that was falling m the Oeraldine district on Thursday had the effeot of melting all the mow that bad fallen the previous evening. The rsin increased during Thutsday night, and all day yesterday was oomlng down m torrents accompanied with hall and sleet. The Waihl river, which rans alongside the township was m heavy flood yesterday, and wu quite UDfordabJe on the ooaoh road/ in 1 ; consebuenoe of which the G'eraldine-p/ari coach bad to crocs the bridge above the township. 'All the creeks In ttie district were flooded, and the QrarJ river rapidly, rising^ an£ gave •fery evidence of soonijelng at high flood jevel. The new season's crop, which w»s ;uit vpronting out of the ground i| bpund *p snfer severely, BfcBHHIUM, July 27. Heavy but Intermittent rain has fallen during the last three days. The town is somewhat flooded, bnt notbiog serious. Chbistghuroh, July 27. There have been heavy showers here to-day. The rivers m the northern dietriottre reported \q b. 9 rUiy«, but there »n» oo leriorii floods yet. *'*" Timaru, July 28. Slain is vow clearing oft. The rivers are all very high, but no great damage is reported. The Falrlie Greek railway Hoe ig scoured m places, but th.c train got tbjs mVajng. ' T-h'e Tlmaro waterworks race Buffered a little from •lips..

Dunedin, July 27. Ralo hat continued to fall all day, and there ii at preienfc no signs of clearing ap. The traloa arrived np to time, bat if the rain continue* there ii aure to be some damage to-morrow, as a lirge body of watqr \fl oomlng floyn m the rlvera to the |pntbr Snow Is falling ip the Interior, and if followed by warm rain heavy and disastrous floods are likely to follow within the watershed of the Molyneui, ] The snow Ii deeper tha.a has been the' 9W frl »|D7 y«r|, i