GALE HITS AUCKLAND PROVINCE
-Press Association j
By ■ Telegraph-
AUtlVLi.UND, AUgUSl 10. j Blowing for four liours at an averagej velocity of 30 to 35 miles an hour, a! north westerly gale swcpt Auckland j province this morning as comiitions' deteriorated after midnight. Auck/. latulers were kept awake by the shrieking wiud which in gusts reaclied 55 j miles an liour. ITeavv driving rain also, fell until about 7.30 a.m. when the frout passed over the city. Flooding occurred at Milford. Small slips occurred along the cliff faces on ' Waterfront Road. omall trees were uprooted and heavy liinbs from others were blown down.
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Chronicle (Levin), 14 August 1946, Page 7
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