WESTPORT FLOODS
EFFORTS AT RELIEF B? Telegraph.—Press association. Westport, November 19. In connection with the recent flood damage, socials, dances, and concerts are being held in tho town, mining townships, and district, on behalf of sufferers, giving some measure of relief in a number of the worst cases. Reports trow up-country confirm the first news. Farmers’ losses are very heavy. Westport, which is on a flat between the Buller and Orawaiti Rivers, suffered by flooding from both rivers, and there is a big likelihood of the race•course and adjacent land on which the Technical High School is located being severely affected by river action. If steps are not taken speedily to control the Orawaiti River near the entrance which has widened, carrying away a considerable portion of land.
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Dominion, Volume 19, Issue 48, 20 November 1926, Page 4
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128WESTPORT FLOODS Dominion, Volume 19, Issue 48, 20 November 1926, Page 4
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