WOODVILLE. April 17.
Thf fl .od mto the heaviest experienced since 1879. Eight inches of rain fell, of which tire were recorded on Sunday. The Hon. J. D. Ormond was Ihe principal loser, 400 sheep being drowned, while the numbor of ctttle lost is not yet known. Nelson Bros, also lost a lot of sheep. A good deil of damage was dene to the main read. Fivo thousand yards of earth fell on the Gorge railway line, and the road is Also blocked, great incouvenionce resulting from the Aihurst bridge being washed away, as the settlers nty.' unible to get their stock through tho Gorg i. Communication with the Kumeroa district is out off owing to the ManaWh'u bridge being washed away. Tho Minister of Lmda stated here, in reply to a deputation which urged the purchase of the Mananatu line, thit tho Government had not decided to purchaso the line, and nothing would bo done till the Wellington-\Vood?ille lino w<is tiuisliod, when the Government would be in » position to dictate their own terms.
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North Otago Times, Volume XXXVII, Issue 8163, 18 April 1895, Page 3
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174WOODVILLE. April 17. North Otago Times, Volume XXXVII, Issue 8163, 18 April 1895, Page 3
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