RAIN IN THE SOUTH.
ASHBURTON, Last Night
Heavy rain set in here at about 8 o'clock last evening, and still continues very steadily. Up till' 9 o'clock this morning tho measurement recorded was inches, and up till 4 o'clock tihii.s afternoon an additional '1.22 inches had fallen, making a total for the 20 hours of 2.78 inches. The rain at times was torrential, and proved too much for the town drainage. In the country, however, it is bound to do an immense amount of good to the land, more especially in helping to destroy the grass grub, which has been quite a menace lately. OHEISTOHUOaOH, .Last Nigh*.
Heavy rain set in last night, and continued to-day, the lower parts of the oitv and suburbs being flooded. .
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10230, 12 June 1911, Page 5
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126RAIN IN THE SOUTH. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10230, 12 June 1911, Page 5
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