FLOODS IN THE SOUTH.
HEAVIEST RAIN FOR YEARS. GREAT LOSS OF LAMBS. By Telegraph.—Press Association. Christchureh, Last Night. A telegram from Kaikoura states that a Hood of unprecedented height occurred last night. iTlie Lyall creek overflowed its banks, and the bridgo in the main si net was submerged to a depth of eighteen inches. Business premises on the lower sides of the street were flooded to a, considerable depth. The low-lying lands are everywhere under water. Heavy Hoods are reported from the Waiau district. There are three washouts on the Cheviot railway line. The rain in North Canterbury was the heaviest experienced for years. At the Mendip Hills six inches of rain fc-ll in twelve hours There has been a great loss in early lambs throughout the district. Roads are seriously damaged in all directions. The roads from Parnassus to Kaikoura are impassable, and the coach service has stopped running.
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Taranaki Daily News, 12 September 1917, Page 8
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150FLOODS IN THE SOUTH. Taranaki Daily News, 12 September 1917, Page 8
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