HEAVY RAIN
hawke's bay rivers still at threateningly high' *' level' * :-' NAPIER, Sunday. Heavy rain, partieularly in the back country, has been f esporisible* f or 'another rise in the rivers of th'e Hawke's Bay district, and in th'e case of the Tutaekuri River -at Meeanee. This' afternoon -the position wris" almost as serious as it hris been at any stage during the present w'et' spell. However, at dark it was -'reported that the river had begun to show sigris of falling.' The ' Ngarurioro River is also' sfeveral feet above normal, and is still' risiiig, but has a go'od way to go before the position cari" be regarded as serious. • ' '■ * ■ ' Thfere'has not' been a great amount of rain itt the immediate vicinity 'of Napier, but further to the west- and the north there have been continuous 'heavy f alls, which haVe h'ad an effect upon the rivers. - Road communications are uninterrupted,- though" this morning'* the Napier-Wairoa road was blocked near Mohaka. *' * * : ' l-
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Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 1, Issue 148, 15 February 1932, Page 5
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