FLOODS IN THE SOUTH.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXIV, Issue 89, 26 March 1902, Page 2

FLOODS IN THE SOUTH.

e • PBB PBHSS ASSOCIATION. Dunbdik, March 25. 8 Forty-eight hours' rain did con- , siderable damage on low lying ground t in Dunedin valley and flat. At Wail kouaiti the racecourse is nnder watur. g Palmerston ig surrounded by water and 9 the loss of stock is heavy. The weather j is clearing and the express will get s through to Ohristchurch. The south line was under water, but it is exj peoted tbe express will get through al- . right. Latbb. The floods have abaVd in the WHihemo and Waikousiti districts. Most , of the damage has been dine in thn ' lower Shag Valley district mostly . to farmers' crops. In a few cases a few head of stock have tnen lost. The . potato crop on law-lying ground is fxpected to be a failure. As ares .It of the flood a large slip hxstaknn place on Kilmog Hill, and tbe main road has been closed. The latest ne«s from the ■ j Taieri d states that the river his commenced to fall and no further dam-' ' age is anticipated. Tho chief damage i j has been to crops in stook and to I 5 tiMiips, large area-<of the Utter hawng! . been injured. At a low estimate, farmers' losses will total £SOOO. Tbe Otakaia ridiDg has suffered most. Oamabu, Marqh 25. f The floods are severely felt iu this | „ district, and it is feared a large amount | of grain in stook is injured. The Go | , vernment hatcheries at Hakatarameij are reported no be damaged. There art J large breaks on the northern line, and it is reporei that the up and down! trains between Timaru and Oaraaru' are unable to get through or oonnect. j Christchoboh, March 25. | ) The floodß in the northern districts j t are rapidly subsiding, but it will bs a, ) cons'dei able time beforn the .« , land is clear of water. Iq the S fioo, Saltwater Greek, and Waikukudistrics ( . the damage is very serious. Oattle, J pigs, and poultry are drowned and i stacks submerged to the eaves and a | house iounda'ed. Pjtatoes an.l o hai > , root crop-* will suffer very heavily. The | roads a>e almost impassable '