ROUGH WEATHER
EXPERIENCED at WELLINGTON. \By Telegraph—Press Association). WELLINGTON, Aug. 22. An exceptionally heavy southerly, with fierce gusts of wind and continuous rain have Hooded portion of the flats in the suburb of Miramar, where the drainage works have only lately been started, and are not yet complete. The water is a foot and more deep in places, and some houses are cut off. The pumping station which deals with the sewerage, is unable to cope with the extra water and sewerage is finding its way into the flood waters. The railway line to Hutt which usually suffers in 1 a bad southerly, lias not been damaged so far. After the break early in the winter, a quantity of heavy concrete blocks from demolitions in the city was secured by the Railway. Department and placed as a curtain in the worst s 'ots. TTioy have acted as an effective .screen to the embankment.
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Hokitika Guardian, 22 August 1929, Page 6
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153ROUGH WEATHER Hokitika Guardian, 22 August 1929, Page 6
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