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Taranaki Daily News, 2 January 1918, Page 4

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" MV).: FEET- UMMHt WATER. RAILWAYS B&OCKBfi b\. riUik By Telegraph.— AraftaV'^'. Owsymoutfc, w Heavy continue sti yai&jdßf resulted big slip at Rbwahui praotidSy tie l&Fg« f co»-l stoi^g--»o mireii dajnagedf»'tnSt it ia',feared tie remaining uprights will have te»,be ptiHeil out arid the vniiote rebuilt. A Ukirkaipith'e shop, farm and fl&ctric cam.}) cabin mw the trkp. which also Mocked the entrance, to Nj. 3 mine at Rcwanijji. Lackily there wpjfc do about, or the reault.jtfgift jkdve.teGii more Several slips occmW& on. the Two iwe oa the Kewanui li%&, aaj/t ouS was cleared, but the otJtor pwreuts through traffic mi this fit»e arc Hlifw at Kaimata andj*lj(g(fcfcra. Mt llotomanu the line itrflo'ided. HukfllA sGorge is blacked, and there is no tlpfsiqp traffic from the Wtsat Coast 4d CbrJtt' rrfiuwli to-day. It is to hav« (blockages cleared to altar %ie .umuti •train services to-morrow.

The Jock™ CluWb eojape is. under water. "Eke flood waters began t~**Tii«mi over at two o'clock, this ißowung, .at, ittA »«Aaok tlfert? was 5H to 'water on the course. The horses »t«Wd there were got sajbtly awAy last ntgal. LiCtle-damage in the tqna itself, but the riyer ni places is widk two feet>«f the top nfyihe wharf, andw still rising. The Trotting Gtab'g eoufi lis immune. The weather is liue. to-day. "Ebese aft crowds in the town who ase diaappoiaHj that the races arc not being field. S danger of the Head lapping otw £gk( wharf seems past, aftkougfc thgWvaSi banked, and,jsrstißg^si»g^wlV. The bins at ltewaimi afatagNot capacity of 4)880 tons. It is cxpigpd that it wdi,.be three weeks at leastl&ifore thin mine is able to restart wart. S*KE FLOOD FAfcfclN©. SPAN OF BRIDGE SWEPT AWAT.

Orejußoukh, Last Night During 'Monday, tai esrlyiA ary 1, 5.8 inches of rain fefl. The hemy flood in the river staged *r»fnr itf 1 p.W» and relieved the flsrimga is tli«4kißiM» people. One spaa of the is-oad bridge lifts been wanked &wfiy. f .flhe trotting races will be goneinon tomorrow, and the GreyaoutU. Club's races «n Thursday. r is now ftHe.

Groymouth. At 2.H) put. thc«fiv&r was-dED ntbg slowly ogftiMt the./ailing tide. TheJggrlyiug parts of the tide are now ijMfer rater, Victoria Pitrk being (xueepetflnb. deep. Should tho weather contigo««Be itlic officials liave every con&fenne w irwhs will Iwhehl to-morrow, as the trade is hard ;uul dries quickly. The Qtaft/bo racccouwe has now from cjgirt fguiea .feet of water. The general aplwSm is tliat tlie i&ftT will not essae o«ir tte wharf, ns the rain ceased at hour this morning. Yesterilay's cmkhuinrw gave n It i» anticipated there wHI be nmy lw»«t stock, but the damage is tHe*«eaualß(i wiU'T&t gre»t.