MAKERUA FLOODS
Titi! breju-lics in the slopbtmks of the TnkoiiiMru sirenm and Kara creek at -Makerua, were sandbagged on Friday •and 011 .Saturday and yeaterday workliuai were engaged all day fiually to i-umpletely reJih tho gaps that had been made by the tlood waters. The "water which covered from 20,000 to 30,000 aeres of adjacent farm lands, is now slowR gctting away tlirough the fiood gates and as an additional help, cuts have been made 111 the banks of the intersecting channel. Given a elear run to the Manawatu river, much land should be elear again verv shortly.
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Chronicle (Levin), 26 August 1946, Page 3
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98MAKERUA FLOODS Chronicle (Levin), 26 August 1946, Page 3
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