DOMINION ITEMS.

Hokitika Guardian, 13 August 1923, Page 3

DOMINION ITEMS.

fuv Tier, no hath —l’Eit vhess .issfomr.ox.] PdC EI.OODS IN HAWKE’S BAA . N'A I’lF.li. Aug. 11. T!,,.|-e is l.eavv rain falßr-g all ewr the ‘ district. 'The Tuiakun river threatens to nverllow. All the main north mads are blocked bv -bps. , Ti .. Maiakoura Gorge bridge collapse,l during I’riday night. The Shield Rn'Jn 1 match at Hastings had to be place i under very wet eouditions.

flood DANGER easier. AYELI.INGTON. Aug. 13 Continued heavy rain and the meltin” of snow on the ranges combined, threatened the districts round about IF,-times and Napier with serious Hoods during the past few days, but /hanks to excellent river mouths aim teinporarv spells from heavy rain, the Hood dancer lias again passed, subject w t ] u .,o being no further heavy raintall. There i- a light drizzle to-day. but the bad weather appears to have broken. For several weeks the whole couutrjside had been sodden, almost waterlomred. and the threat of serious Hooding bore a dangerous aspect on • ■ sides There is an abundance ol *nif,u, water all over the district where lambing prospects have been bright, Put the mortality among the new arrivals will be heavy.

A COLLISION. DUNEDIN, August 13. James Carmichael, riding a motor cycle down Alacandrew Road on Saturday night was struck by a- vehicle and removed unconscious to tlm hospital from, concussion.