THE RECENT STORM.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 783, 5 April 1910, Page 6

THE RECENT STORM.

TEAPFIQ BLOCKED. (By Telegraph.—Special Correspondent.) • Napier, April 4.' Slips are particularly numerous on the Napier-Wairoa'Eoad just now, and traffic of all descriptions is absolutely out of the question, the road being quite impassable. -. . •

Speaking to a reporter this afternoon, Mr. J. T. Harvey, of the Motor Company, painted a doleful picture of the state.of the road..

"I was up the road yesterday," he said, "and I have never Been so many slips on it before. I walked from Tangqio to Devil's Elbow, a distance 'of fivo or six miles, and it, is simply a series of slips. Every other chain there is a slip, and some are closer together than that. I think it will take- some little time before they can be- removed, although the Eoads Department have very large gangs of men engaged clearing. Probably it will bo three or' four weeks before we can get the coach through. We may be able to get a pack : horse through by Friday. -From the ■ washout to ; Tongoio Creek the road is in a very bad state. This- is within the' jurisdiction of the Wairoa County Council." ,

A EOTTGH BUFFETING. (By Telegraph.—Special Correspondent.! Dargaville, April i. Tho auxiliary schooner Huia, which reached Tβ Kopuru on Sunday from the south, showed signs of the rough buffeting she received during Wednesday's gale. A four hundred gallon tank of water and several cases of benzine were washed clean overboard by the heavy seas which flooded the decks.

EXTENSIVE LANDSLIDES. (By, Teleeraph—Press Association.) Gisborne, April 4. Extensive landslides as the result of the storm in the vicinity of tho Tuahine lighthouse—erected by the Government last year on a high headland near the approach to Poverty Bay—have caused apprehension as to the safety of tho structure. The caretaker was removed for safety on Saturday, and the Harbour Board propose to remove his cottage to another site on more stable ground. Last week's floods caused serious damage to the headworks of the municipal water supply. The water has been cut off for several days. The council is setting up pumps near Te Arai to provide a temporary supply.

The railway service, which has been interrupted since Wednesday, Is expected to be resumed this afternoon. A STOEMT PASSAGE. Auckland, April i. _The Hanroto, from southern portß, arrived on Saturday after a stormy passage from Napier. She was unable to call at Gisborne. The vessel encountered tremendous seas, and one wave stove in tho saloon door and caused minor damage in the pantry. The trip from Napier occupied 50 hours. '< BBAMLEY. PUTS IN FOE EEPAIES. Auckland, April i. The steamer Bramley, bound from Newcastle to Valparaiso, put into Auckland yesterday afternoon. Very heavy weather was encountered after leaving Newcastle, and when'the vessel'was 100 miles east of Three Kings she broke her main pump links. Temporary repairs were effected after three hours, and the steamer came on" here to secure now links.