HEAVY RAINS IN THE SOUTH

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1491, 13 July 1912, Page 6

HEAVY RAINS IN THE SOUTH

RIVERS IN FLOOD. ,

(By Telegraph.—Press Aeeoolatlon.s

Chrlstchurch, July ,12. ; Heavy rain has fallen/in North Canter,bury during the last two days. The rivers are in flood, and the coach service is interrupted. The weather is still ■ wet.

! i(.ii>,r,r.i«i;.,»;* s *.»vTJmaru,'July.l2.. '•' Tho rain ceased abdut 2 a'.in.. The total fall at Timaru during, this etorm was 3.67 inches. A good deal of anxiety wns felt at Ternuka- last night, as tho river, rose to high flood level and 6everal families had to remove from their dwellings. In the low-lying part of the borough tho water was over tlie railway lino, and , there were a few low lakes between Timaru and Studholme, but no material damage was done. "A good deal of land along the coast ■ was submerged, all tho lagoons being full, to overflowing. Fortunately the rain was warm, and the stock did not suffer much by the storm. Today has been clear and bright.

1 FLOODS IN TAIERI RIVER. . ' .■•■•■ Dunedln, July 12. The flood in tho Taieri'River was 10ft, below the record flood in 1908. Railway communication was not interrupted, though the low-lying ground ie submerged, the rails at tho lowest point bedng still r couple of feet above, tho water. North Taieri is under water in parts, and a considerable stretch is inundated in. the Otakia and Henley districts.