BAD WEATHER.
-•~ '. f, . '■ : nurr RIVER IN FLOOD. • Altlibilgli Still a Cotiplß bf febt higher thati ■ before tlib.rSbbiit heaVy fain, : the ffiitt Itiver . ; ii-as slowly failing ybStbraby, aiid tlicro is lio: Aiiso ffij? alarlii, Dlii'iilg tlio past feight teitrß' v the rivcf hits llbvbi' bebii as high as it was ' last Friday niorilirig, when it rcsb to Bft.. Gilt. iiwVc iibrimil. The prtitcctivU ivdrks of tlio ltiVbr. fibafd jiroVonted daUiagb ih thb Lbfrer Valley, biit low-lyihg portions of tho rbid heat : SitVbi'&tl'baln havb becit flobded; and ■ frbiii fattlibr up iosi'es of Stock arb toportod.' i'htt bf Gear Island was liiiindatod. hindering wdrk iii cbimbction tvitll tliU biiildiiig of thb' - pii)b Slid tradib bl'idgb. Thb Whtei' tin<lfililiifbd tlib bitthiiig' shctls. aboVo tlio Hull jiridgb, aiid tlio diviiig librtrtl iioiV liaiigs • oVbr tlib rlVbh •. It is.satisfactory to iiotc' •>. that tlib whole of the laiid witllih the juris- ' dibtioii of 'tlio Rivet Bbard has bScapod . ddhiagfl. ItfcAVY RAIN AT OTAKI. 6wiok to lisavyj'ain the rivets arid creekl in tno Otaki district aro. flooded. At Rniigi. :.uru: the storm water impeded the tralho. 1 wnile in other placos water was plentiful, and caused slight damage.; The heavy. 1-ains wero followed by high^windsi Oho 6F tlio entrants i'ii tlib motor cycli rbllilbilitv. tbst frbiii Wblliiigton to I'aeknk.v rlki-'bii Saturday sliffefcJ h Inilifiil abeident. Tho victim was MH; Gebt|v, bf Haslihgs, who wa§ thb Solo Iddjr l'bprbsciitativb limotig tho huiiibi'blls cdiik'Stftlits. Afe slib \VfiS orbssing tho Paraparauniu stfbaili slltt wiis dislodged from tliß Seat .atld, falling/ on her lioad, sustained slight concussion,' Dr. Huth'- ' wiiite was .iiiiiiicdiatbly sliniiiioiied ,• to tlio. Fulljr thrbb liodts blapswl. bbfors Mis. Ufedrfed had thbrbiiglilj' ooiiSciousliess.. It Is stilted tliat slit* libld a ieadiiiif : 'poSitibii ih tlib teat when, tlio nbeidoiit tonk • mtieb: Slib wils iihlb to rbldhi to WrOliflßloM by train last feTOiliiigt ' : '
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Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 491, 26 April 1909, Page 5
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301BAD WEATHER. Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 491, 26 April 1909, Page 5
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