THE SOUTHERN WEATHER.

Gisborne Times, Volume XXVI, Issue 2241, 13 July 1908, Page 2

THE SOUTHERN WEATHER.

THE FLOODS GOING DOWN. THE CENTRAL OTAGO SNOWSTORM. RABBITER’iS FEARFUL EXPERIENCE. [Press Association.] DUNEDIN, July 11. Ihe floods on the Taieri- Plain aro rapidly subsiding, and the river has gone back to something approaching ns normal condition A great deal ffi.t P + C ,°' Ul , try ,s ‘nntfer water, but all the danger is at an end. The damage hais been considerable, but it has not, so far as can be ascertained, pectcd° l T^ a V lligh f hax S Leen exl pecico. Tub largest sufferers are the most inaccessible, and consequently information concerning their losses is meagre. AA’ith but a few. ex-G ceptions. the settlers anticipated the danger and removed most if not all of then stock to higher ground, and as is noh grown on the hulk of that^on U r° rged g Y >Ulld ' t ! ,e low from tiiat source is not extensive. One of the most serious aspects is providing food tor dairy cattle for the neit dUrvhi W • Hen ley, where tlairj mg i s carried out oil rather a, Gover' CeS the Gov ei nment forest plantation suffered severely as a result of the 'S about half the trees being crushed f the weight. The cold is intense ti e farmers in the outlying district siif feitToi^h in the hack ei„ntr° l ' S aUd rabbi ' tcrs James McCorinach, a . rabliiter had f terrdde experience. IJ C left Nase--s?us,Vrt ni 0,1 Tncs dV> and was in the snowsform H e slnd tered in a small, cave till Fridae'ly^rnine.Without, food or f„e am] Sth’fcSTC out b '- «»M and hunger, he useless Trostbitte.x as to •miles to o', ,7 v,vled over three, i it o?i t Fr:,!°. 0U - I V! 1B J° w ». reaching x] , *da>, night. It is expected necLsary! 11,011 ° f botll fcet he * et ,!> l,t “ 0." miow-shoes yes- ■ and ? to • I ; e,lev ? isolated persons, and a special party set off for a point' «P the Government race, ' Crawfor r a, 'i threo racG employees Ci an foul, Gordon, and Farquliar.