THE BREATH OF WINTER.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 603, 3 September 1909, Page 6

THE BREATH OF WINTER.

/.——*—. —; — •. AND -SfJME, SERIOTJS'.INU NpATIONS.

'■■'■:' RQIIGH;.TBIE'K»R,SHIPPrNg.iV; ■'- ''..•'•"A-bitterly cold; "southerly'' blew .over Hie. .'city yesterday,'-and the; steady rain of Tuesday'was' followed. byViail./showers , and.:,a 'little fitful 'sunshine./It'was. a- real touch of :winter.v Out.iii the Strait '/.the "southerly" ;was : a howling, gale, white!foam .flew : angrily -in/aU directions,valid high'' seas, lashed the. coast. Shipping was .partially disorganised,, tho'majority of" thesm'allet- craft in port.. Vessels from: the.north all reported ■vi.ry 'rough passages. /..The' Manapouri, from •Rarotonga,. had.-. a disagreeable' experience •when'picking, upthe/coast: on i Wednesday, 'and tho 'Ha'rore, which arrived.last evening from Napieri was "over'22"hpurs"dn'the trip.. i'i%o'.Regulus,'. bound frpm to West/port,,'put' in.'for coal/last 'nigjht; .and Captain Gibbons 1 stated the 'passage' down' the coasts was.''very, roujb, the, ship :ha?ing..,tb steam.'.nearly ~alL..''the way against /a southerly gale,, and. head -.seasr. •Tliovßosamond from Pictoh,'.'the Petone from'Groymduth, -and'tho Echo' from : Karamea' .wore all but .they;'.we're-■'probably sheltering on : the' other side of .'Cook Strait. The'■Takapuu'a',''.'which ' arrived;' from Picton last 'nignt).. f w4is:.only;.;a': trifle- lohier/ than usual on the run. i -Byithp time she. reached port the.conditions'.appeared"'toj.b'e'.'moderating considerably. •'.'.'. ,'-, ,v 'T'/.v..,. '.'././:'/.

| : ; ;i;:BIG -RIV.ER.^;: "• .' ! (By-vTclcErapli.-Spcdar Corfoj'ooodciu,!' ■ i ; ■'.- ■': 'Wanganiilj: September -2'. f - : ,'■ :The'South. Spit'mole,'. l at>the -river /-entrance; .when finished,- w.ill'; (besides: assisting scour) prove very useful in giving 'protection from'the heavy sea. which a, southerly "blow'' ; usuiilly raises. •' Yesterday"and , to-day- it.'blew' very'hard'from the'southland, big £eas"kcpt continually rolling, into'the river and/breaking on the breastwork of 'the Castlecliff ■Railway Company's 'line. . The;consequence- was a wash-out of over a chain-in length. The breakwas patched up sufficiently to allow the morning train: to town to pass over, but thereafter! only a ...limited.-service, 'could bo'run. A. gang, of, men are repairing -the break, and it is'expected that running will'bo resumed to-morrow '. -.- ■.-..,'■;,•.''■.■.../;:.■•','•..'•■

• .''BIGGEST FLOODS FOR: TWENTY".' -V,;;':;,;:. ' YEARS." .:'-.///; ~. :. bAIIGAVILLE TINDEB : WATER; , ■ (By Telegraph—Press ,Association.) .'■■.• V' ..';".•" ' DargavHle,; September .2/' '.Very, heavy •.rainfall, during, the,; last .few days' has .done 'cansiderabla damage'.in Northern 'IVairoa. /'Last, night, ..tho Dargavillo township ,• was inundated bv.water tea depth of several. inches, the; river - having oversowed" its 'banks. Several'•'business firni6 suffered .heavy, losses/ the''damage to .goods, belonging, to Mr. Adams, dra-por,' running into over £100..; Tho.'.losses :at Dargavillo aro, however, nothing compared to those occasioned along tlio'lower'reaches of the river,'especially at Raupp, where cattld-have been standing on tho flats,for several days, with, water -up to their 'middles,'and : not ■> a bladoJof: grass to bo seen'. Matters'are very serious. •;". Hundreds of/a'cfos'are submerged, and:, a, number of ■' settlers' will probably' be. ruined- astho/roSult of '■• .The floods are 1 tho ■ biggest' jknowri''for .'twenty .years/Tl)e' Government', and ; tHo member: for, tho .district have, been.'conimwiicatod With. /: •'■•■•"'■ : .' '//'SNOW; .//■ --.'''.;'; ;;/' .;.'■;" ~ •/••■■■'■■ ■• i.,■ ..='/ :•' \ 'Dunedfn/ September '2. • Light snow/fell in -the: city': ov.orliight. ;Tho high.levels havo,a,:thicß:,coating.. • (By.ToitErapn.-aDbclaiCorresDonb'ehl.) '. / /'Wanganiii, .September 2.' /The', weather -is bitterly :cold to-day in Rangitikei/and, Waßganui,.'/SnQW.: fell. this moVningnearObiDgaiti... ''■■'/ // "'■""'j