WEST COAST FLOODS
FARMERS’ HEAVY LOSSES. Per Press Association. WESTPORT, November 19. In connection with the recent flood damage, socials, dances, and concerts are being held in the town, mining townships and district, on behalf oi the sufferers, and are giving some measure of relief in a number of tlie worst cases. Reports from up country confirm the first news that the farmers’ losses are very heavy. Westport, which is on a flat between the Buller and Orawaiti rivers, suffered by flooding from both rivers. There is a big likelihood of the racecourse and adjacent land on which tho Technical High School is located being severely affected by river action if steps are not taken speedily to control the Orawaiti river, near the entrance, which has widened and ha* rarried away a considerable portion o' land.
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New Zealand Times, Volume LIII, Issue 12609, 20 November 1926, Page 9
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136WEST COAST FLOODS New Zealand Times, Volume LIII, Issue 12609, 20 November 1926, Page 9
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