MAORI DELAYED
CANTERBURY COAST AFFECTED Press Association CHRISTCHURCH. To-day. As a result of high seas water broke through the sand hills at the mouth of the Waimakariri River last evening, flooding several houses at Kairaki to a considerable depth and forcing boys in the Y.M.C.A. summer camp to shift to higher ground. At one point the water was over the bonnets of cars in their garages. Similar experiences befel several residents in Bexley alongside the Avon, where water entered 30 houses, causing damage to furnishings. Stock had to be taken to a drier district. The Maori, with 330 passengers on board, received a terrific batteringt from heavy head seas on her journey from Wellington, and was six hours late. Captain Irwin said it was one of the worst trips he had ever experienced.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 571, 25 January 1929, Page 13
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133MAORI DELAYED Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 571, 25 January 1929, Page 13
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