MANAWATU FLOODS

Hokitika Guardian, 29 September 1932, Page 2

MANAWATU FLOODS

•' V ; T4pNtJjf CLfeAR, ' ■' •- UAMAGif;TO^KRAiNS-AND.'' v ? '• • ;•/ , - -••. .v..v.v '' ''to'',-;;.- ' $ : After beem flooded. for over ‘;three weeks, the 'lofeerl levels of the ;Taonui basin are now practically clear of the Water, which; portions-hf,■ the district 'to a of teii feet-and more when 'the Riverjroverflojvedits. bahksf * |urfWg the recent sternly ufentaer.;- r'-f . . ’ v i : The' higher level# of. the .Taonui basin took over ‘ton 1 days th ,e lower portion* 1 of ■'the district 'has" been comparatively slow. .'Approximately 450 Acres of one farm were under water;for three weeks/ and ; the-loss to. the owners will-be considerable,, as it wa i necessary for them to maintain tlieir milking stock elsewhere until a a few days ago. to; ■■■-.'■ \ ■, Between i 20 and 30 chains .of; ■• the banking on the; diversion drain .running into Bourke’s Drain has suffered severely, and all the drain* ; ih •••■‘the area will probably have to be. cleared out again. Ab a result of • the • encroachment of the Manawaturi River iiito the . lagoon at the end of - Hamilton’s Line, it is feared that a'rise; of eight feet in the level of the:, river will result in the water pouring’into the lagoon. . \ ->’ ’ •