THE FLOODS IN THE SOUTH.
nito accounts hovo as yet been received. Balclutiia, Saturday. The river has only fallen half'nn inch since morning. Heavy rains again foil. A few individuals are bojgfnningto return to their houses. A number of families are being sent to I Milton for accommodation. A boat ! lias succeeded in gettiug t>tlw Routli side of tho township to day. All is well to day. The Clutha leader is published as usual this morninj-
(i'Ktt I'RIiSS AGEiN'OY.)
TIJLVLU. News to hand from the M'Kenzie country shows that the floods there recently have been higher than were ever known since the district was discovered 20 years ago. Tekapo Lake was so high on Monday last that Richmond's station house on the east side was submerged, and Cowan's on the Peninsula, suffered serious damage, and had to be abandoned. At the ferry there was a qtream of water 4ft deep running through the avoolshed, and the ferryman's boat was carried away by it. The water here ' t. U» at least 1 '2ft higher than was ever | P 4kj >wn . before. 'Ihe Pukakn rose 1.5 i V> "<#&■"" SavSilf "Bur 8t ~ if s * banks! formei a wid^ river beA. Tho stream I worked rouu^l the moorings and| anchor, poles at the farry, carrying ! them and two boats away. The floods in the Ohau district weie yery contudorable, but no dafi-
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Manawatu Herald, Volume I, Issue 13, 8 October 1878, Page 3
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228— THE-i'LOQDS Us THIS SOUTH Manawatu Herald, Volume I, Issue 13, 8 October 1878, Page 3
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