EIGHTEEN INCHES OF RAIN.
FALL IN 24 DAYS AT MANGAHAO
VISIT OF FRENCH OFFICERS
(From Our Own Correspondent. ) The wet weather continues daily,
and January is likely to record some
startling figures ■ as far as rainfall is concerned.. Up to the 29th inst., it has rained 2-4 days, and a • total of 18 inches has fallen during this period.
I A party of officers from the French | cruiser paid a visit to''the works on \ Sunday, and evidenced great interest j in the.job. on hand. . Messrs. Firkett : and Birks, of the Public Works Department, .Wellington, piloted the visiI tors over the different camps. Fortu- | nately the elements happened to hold ; up a little in honour of the FrenchI men.
Messrs. Olsen and party are at present engaged in piercing a drive near the top of the hill in order to open up a quarry for rock to supply + he concrete for the Arapeti dam. It is hoped that sufficient metal of the n;;ht quality will be located at this sfi'i. The rootr is to be transported * r aerial, tramway to the crushing r.w •■
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Shannon News, 30 January 1923, Page 3
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182EIGHTEEN INCHES OF RAIN. Shannon News, 30 January 1923, Page 3
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