RIVER RISES RAPIDLY
SOME LOCAL FLOODING Following the heavy rain over the . weekend the Manawatu River rose i rapidly on Monday and early Tuesday morning had reached its peak, J when the gauge at the Shannon j Bridge recorded 25ft. 6ins. The; Tokomaru Stream ran bank high j at Makerua, aiid the d'rain near ' the Kara Road overflowed its banks 1 and sent some water across the main road. _ I With the rise in the river and the ! consequent closihg of the flood- ; gates, considerable water backc 1 up 011 all drains entering the river, : and it was not long before much ! of the low-lying ground was under I water. The old Foxton Road is I again submerged. The river fell rather quickly I yesterday afternoon, and it should I not be long before the bulk of the water gets away. Fanners in the! Makerua and Buckley area had an ! anxious time oq Monday evening, ! and patrols were on the stop- : banks almost all night.
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Chronicle (Levin), 20 August 1947, Page 3
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