Southern Districts Have Bad Buffeting

Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 215, 30 November 1927, Page 2

Southern Districts Have Bad Buffeting

FRUIT FARMERS SUFFER SHEDS UNROOFED AND IRtt, UPROOTED

Further details of the devast tion caused by the storm whi7 swept over the southern part , the North Island on Monday ,L contained in report* from vjrfa centres.

(Special to THE SUN.) PALMERSTON N„ Tuesfla, A heavy downpour in the <*- hours of yesterday morning and *V snap culminated in a northerly with conditions almost bad enough t midwinter.

Considerable damage was don* ■ the electric-power lines of the )£,“ watu-Oroua Board. ‘

Trees were uprooted and brand, blown several chains in many A cowshed in the Man»»,V county was unroofed and the *■*' blown flat to the ground. Two 7a trees crashed on to the 3,300-volt d 0,7 line at Bainesse.

Cabbage trees, which are utuan, considered safe from damage by gales were broken off like carrot* The Girl Guides iu camp at Tbit had to take refuge in Mr. McHafy! house and adjacent buildings, n! cooking shelter which, together the big marquee for meals and a sto~ tent, was on a little flat below t>camp proper, was blown down.

Damage at Foxton FOXTON, Tuesday A 20-gallon benzine drum empty at a service station inttl main street was picked up by the wit: and hurled across the street into j Saints’ Churchyard. A plategh,window and fanlight were blown a and a billiard room lost two windotF and fences were razed in all parts ••• the borough. Much damage was drat to orchards and gardens. Two large tanks were lifted ; a stand and hurled to the ground Iret was torn from roofs of houses various parts of the town. At nist o’clock Foxton was plunged into dart ness owing to a tree falling across the power line. This afternoon the weather was beautifully fine and it was practical the first summer day. Wind of Hurricane Force MASTERTON, Tuesday. The Wairarapa district was Tinted yesterday by the most severe rain aid windstorm for 12 months. Two mete of rain fell during the 24 hours eidtd nine o’clock this morning, and wild of hurricane force blew almost thnMjb out the whole day and night The greatest damage sems to hav been suffered by the small frai: farmers and the town dwellers. Horn ings, fences and any structures of i temporary nature, were m out cases demolished. Small fruit farmers in Greytwt are severe losers. One of the largegrowers had a ton of cherries ready for picking destroyed. Gooseberry raspberry and current growers ala suffered loss. The majority of Grey town’s fruit is sold on the Aacilasd market. A later report indicates that settler in the Taueru Valley, nine miles ear of Masterton on the East Coait Bred lost a number of shorn sheep, 4" aggregate being about 100. “Worst Passage for Yean” CHRISTCHURCH, Tuesday. Caught in a severe gale which lartd all the way south from Wellington, tte ferry steamer Wahine arrived at & telton this morning at 9.40 o’etod nearly three hours late. The first rs press for the south was delayed nnf10.1S o'clock, and the coast train $ not leave until 10.15. The passage from Wellington H described as one of the worst otrec& years. The vessel did not reach C*J* Campbell until midnight, or near.yt* hours behind the usual time. Haifa** l, and other landmarks were obaenrw in the thick rain. The Wahine came through the ord« without the slightest mishap, salt-encrusted funnels of the jtm testify to the pounding she receiw

lONIC DUE THURSDAY.—A message received by the Shaw, «a Albion Company from the l onic, ‘ from London and Soirthair.pu'n. that the vessel will arrive in tie at Wellington at daybreak ship will berth to disembark JV r Q Vthe:bers for the North Island, ana is no cargo for Wellington, at 4 p.m. the same day for Forr o and Bluff to discharge.

THE CANADIAN PION “.” r jiJ"IP to the storm at W ellington V®’; j u j#Canadian Pioneer did no \ „ or t ing her quota of cargo tha_ consequently her departure I r via Xapier was delayed She pected to get away rcor» !I arrive at Auckland on ,^ hw ml*4 • next. The next day she B v sail for Halifax, via >ew TorK ton.