OTAKI NOTES.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1593, 9 November 1912, Page 6

OTAKI NOTES.

-— — .■■--;--' : Althoiligh thestbrnj water,.which was. very' plentiful at the beginnulg; of the- . week, has practically.' subsided,; there is still a. certain, area-.of land.at Rangihru : - inundated, while tie creeks, and river are considerably .swollen.' The. flood is con--' sidered' tp be the. heaviest for quite, -anumber:of yeats. Watbr, foi'ir and'five . 'feet deep,; covered -targe tracts .pf x coiih.- : try, and rhariy fences .have been: carried■away, and debris deposited in' all directions. Near Mr. Hopkins's tesidence' the water Was like, a Small river, the depth ■ being in kTOffefftmiUf&t. The Ra- ; ngiuru Greek was exceptionally bigh owing to- the'Otaki Rivbr' overflowing its banks and swelling its waters. The rivef itself was blocked at the lrtouth, despite ■ the fact that the $ea. was normal, -and-' this helped, to flood -a large .ar^a-.tintii'the,: river found, a fresh channel,' The mouth, is now about four times as wide .as' pre:. yioitsly, and with another, fibodi will doubtless increase in 'width as only a' : small area of land separates it frbm a smaller outlet. Jlr. J. W, Fepper was ohb pf'the.number'to-■ undergo an in- . pleasant experience.. Part pf his property was submerged, it being; only with .diffiy: culty that he rescued his pigs, etc;. Other settlers' had -similar experiences, severalhaving fences damaged,-A good deal b'f, v land has been swept,away by the river.-