RIVER FALLING
After rising to about nine feet above normal on Thursday night, the Minawatu has now commenced to fall and all danger of a flood is practically over,. Although Hood water has found its way into the Moutoa swamp, farm lands have not been affected and the river is now dropping and the danger practically over. The new bank at Moutoa erected by the settlers undoubtedly saved the situation as far as the Moutoa is i unearned ou this occasion for had the water spilled through at this locality the district would have been covered with water for days and possibly the Wliirokiuo Road, which is now quite dry, would have been blocked for some time.
The water which found its way into the Moutoa swamp is reported to have got in below AH’. Spring’s property. As a result of the flooding of the swamp local mills will be affected as cutters will not be able to get into the swamp again for some time.
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Manawatu Herald, Volume L, Issue 3989, 24 August 1929, Page 3
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166RIVER FALLING Manawatu Herald, Volume L, Issue 3989, 24 August 1929, Page 3
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