HEAVY RAINFALL.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 3151, 31 March 1909, Page 5

HEAVY RAINFALL.

By Telegraph—Presg Association. CHRISTCHURCH, March 30. The heaviest rainfall fur twenty yeara is recorded. Three and onefifth inches fell in twenty-four hours. Many business places in lowlying parts were fluoded, and many streets are impassable, especially where the roadway was recently opened for laying pipes. Street channels were not equal to the exceptional fall. The sky is braken somewhat, and the rain has fallen away to a drizzle, but the indications are still threitening. ASHBURTON, March 30. Exceptionally heavy rain commenced to fall last night, and continued without cessation to-day, accompanied by a col i south-west wind, thus subjecting the grain stacks to a severe test. While the moisture was needed to soften the ground for ploughing, the fall had been too heavy, and besides greatly delaying grain threshing and carting will induce a very rank growth of grass. Snow to the depth of two inches feil on the lower ranges, and the immediate surrounding country up to 8 o'clock this morning. Since Saturday and up to three o'clock to-day 3 inches 46 points of rain have fallen, two inch's of this being since 6 o'clock list night.