NEW ZEALAND.

Globe, Volume XXIII, Issue 2275, 18 July 1881, Page 3

NEW ZEALAND.

[PBB PEES 3 ASSOCIATION.] THAMES, July 17. Severe Flood-

Tho severest and moat destructive flood ever experienced here occurred last night. The rain was incessant for forty-eight hours, and all the creeks were so flooded as to carry away bridges, and bring down a thousand tons of debris. Two men were washed away, and one body only has boen recovered. About fifty million feet of bulk timber were washed tojtho booms at the Shortland mills, and millions were washed to soa. The damage to the town was very great, and is estimated at £IO,OOO. The borough corporation put on fifty men to repair damages, and it is estimated that they will require £SOOO to make good the injury to the culverts, streets, &s. A meeting of the Council to consider ways and means will be held in the morning. The domestio water supply water race, and some of the county races have been destroyed, and the water is cut off. The body recovered is that of Daniel Boyle, of Shortland ; tho other was a Maori. Many small dwellings were washed away, and much damage done to the batteries. The captain of the Rotomahana states that he saw a waterspout break over tho town as ho approached it from Auckland. WELLINGTON, July 17. John Chinaman. A Chinaman was arrested last right for smuggling ashore cigars from the steamer Bowon. Four hundred and seventy-five cigars were found ooncealed on his person. The Weather. Intercolonial Weather Exchange—Sydney. Saturday :—A depression, with moderate winds, passed south of Adelaide yesterday, and was off Hobart this morning, the barometer being 29.7. The galo of Wednesday last is now clear of the Australian coast, where the weather is settled with light S.W. wind and rising pressure, the barometer in Brisbane being 30.15. The storm centre_ is now passing north of New Zealand, bringing easterly gales. Tho one now approaching will pass south, and bring westerly winds. TIMABU, July 17. Serious Accident. A farmer, named Sains, was brought into town last night in an almost hopeless condition, having fallen off a dray, the wheels of which passed over his loins, crushing them badly. Sains is one of the oldest and most respected residents in the district. WINDHAM, July 17. Vessel Ashore. The ketch Eliza McPhee, Captain Campbell, bound from Dunedin to Invereargill, draggod her anchors in Waikawa harbor on Friday night at ten o'clock and went ashore on the beach. No lives were lost. The cook, a German, was washed into the breakers, and had a very narrow escape. The captain and crow saved his life in the boat at great risk. The veasel is believed to be the property of the captain, and is not insured The cargo consists of iron and lead, so that there is little hope of its being saved.