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Hokitika Guardian, 26 July 1921, Page 1

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lUSTBALIAN AND N.Z. OABLK ASSOCIATION. LATEST FLOOD NEWS. SYDNEY, July 25. The water has receded quickly in most of the flooded areas, though in some districts the worst is not yet known. Police warnings enabled many residents on 'low-lying grounds to escape. Numerous thrilling experiences are related. Some residents were compelled to spend the night on the roofs in pouring rain. A few houses were swept away bodily. A scarcity of boats delayed rescue work. So far as is known, five persons were drowned. Tho rainfall for 36 hours was nearly eight inches. The losses of stock are immense, some farms being fifteen feet under water.

THE LIGOURT CASE,

SYDNEY, July 25

_ A meeting at AVagga. subscribel 03,500 to defray Bishop Dwyer’s expenses in the Ligouri case.

VICTORIAN RACING CLUB ALET,BOURNE, July 25. The annual report of the Victoria Racing Club Shows the profits to be £25,153. The Autumn Afeeting result ed in a loss of £4202. otherwise every meeting gave a substantial profit. That for the Spring Re-Union was 030,165, a record. Stakes paid during the year totalled £93,593 an increase of £11.898. The balance placed to the credit of the Club’s Patriotic Fund to provide scholarships for children of fallen soldiers amounted to .016,202. The report recommends that the time is in opportune for carrying out the prepay ed scheme for largely increasing the stand accommodation.

BAWRA CASH. SYDNEY, July 25. The £22,000,000 worth of certificates which the R.A.W.R.A. is distributing represent a face value, the total cash distribution being £5,005.000 of tbe €10,000.000 worth of priority certificates. Tito directors arc retiring 47.5 per cent., equal to £4,750.000: also retiring certificates of small growers, whose individual contribution to tlr* wool pool is valued at £IOO or loss.