HEAVY WEATHER

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 75, 19 September 1911, Page 5

HEAVY WEATHER

RAIN AND SNOW IN THE SOUTH. DESTRUCTIVE TO LAMBS. By Telegraph—Press Association. Timaru, Last Night. About half an inch of rain had fallen to 0 a.m., and a good deal more has fallen to-day. To-night a cold blusterly south-easterly prevailed. One inch of snow fell at Fairlie and Burke's Pass (where it is still falling), and two to three inches at Tekapo and Balmoral, whilst the Hermitage had a heavy fall, eighteen inches lying there. There is no sign of a change, and the cold and the wet will, it is feared, be destructive to lambs. STORMS IN NELSON. Nelson, Last Night. Heavy win has fallen steadily since Sunday night, and all Tivers are in high flood. Coastal shipping has been somewhat dislocated by the bad weather. Communication with the up country stations is cut off by washouts on the railway, WAI&4U IN FLOOD. ■..■ •BWnheun, Last Night. As a result of the ; heavy rain on Sunday and to-day.the, Wairau river is flooded, and its tributaries are carrying a large quantity. ThV;Nelson coach* was an hour and a half, late arriving at Blenheim, and the driver reports that in, one place the water entered the coach. There is no danger of Bletohehn being flooded provided the Tirvlor river does not rise unduly.