FLOOD WATER IN MANAWATU.
Mr Edward Newman, M.P., has received the following letter from the Postmaster-General: — “Wellington, 12lh November, 1921. —Sir, —With reference to the question of advising Shannon of the presence of flood water at Woodville, raised by the Town Clerk, Shannon, in his letter to you of the 18th August, I have the honour to inform you that arrangements, which 1 hope will be satisfactory, have now been made for the transmission of Hood warnings. The Railway Department bridge-keeper at Ngawapurua will act as river reporter during his working hours, and will advise the Postmaster, Woodville, through the railway station, of the state of the river. The Postmaster will, in turn, telegi’aph warnings to offices lower down the river.—l have the honour to be, etc., J. G. Coates, PostmasterGeneral.”
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Manawatu Herald, Volume XLIII, Issue 2359, 24 November 1921, Page 2
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131FLOOD WATER IN MANAWATU. Manawatu Herald, Volume XLIII, Issue 2359, 24 November 1921, Page 2
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