THIS DAY.
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GBEA! FLOODS!
BURSTIN(jOF TEE MOANA-
T 111 CULVERT.
400 TONS fALEDONIAN TAIL. ING-3 f ASHED AWAY, in
80 LBS SPE TMENS EBOM THE
CALEDONIAN,
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1 CWT.SP
lIMENS EEOM THE
ASATAIKI.
NONPAE^L CEUSHING—I,^1 03. EXPECTED. y :a
GIUHiMSTOW.apS.
The heajpjj fall of rain throughout yesterday-Jial caused great floods and landslips in bveral parts. Four hun. dred tons of Caledonian tailings have i been washed tway through, the hurst- j ing of the Jjoanatairi culvert. Go. vernment arefco blame for not impro* yin g it, after he .former accident. A large nunber of dwellings have been washed away, but no'persons have been iojired at present.. ~ .., -, Tlie Moamtairi have taken out 1 cwt. specimeks this morning. .^ They have now 8 swt. ready for crushili^ ■to-morrow. The Nonpareil expept 100)3 ounces froir <-<pecihieii'4..and 400 ounces from general stuff. /*. . . i, „ The Caledonian have cut through the lode, but no gold was seen. j Eighty pounds of specimens Am ■•§ been taken out from the main lode.
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Auckland Star, Volume II, Issue 11, 30 August 1871, Page 2
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167THIS DAY. Auckland Star, Volume II, Issue 11, 30 August 1871, Page 2
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