HEAVY WEATHER.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10283, 11 July 1911, Page 5

HEAVY WEATHER.

AN INGESSAbt DOWNPOUR OF RAIN. RIVERS IN FLOOD. SLIPS ON COUNTRY ROADS. Heavy ace! incessant rain has fallen in the .. r irarapa and Forty-Mile Bush districtc since am .early hour on j Monday anorning. The conditions J which, obtained in Masterton throughout the day were anything but pleas- j ant. Drains were blocked in many i of the streets, and the thoroughfares were covered with istorm water. The ' rivers and streams ix>se rapidly, and last evening were running bank thigh. Although .some, of the low-lying flats Lava been inundated, no serious damage is reported. The weather, though wet, has not- been particularly cold, and stock, therefore, is not likely to .suffer much injury. The .rainfall registered in Masterton from isix o'clock on Sunday aright until tsix o'clock last night was 2.30 inches. Reports from the East Coast show i that heavy Tain has fallen in' that part, and the Whareama iand other i river© are in flood. .. . Although .slips have come down on'' several roads, most of the arterial roads, axe open, and the mails have been got through. A /telephone message received at the Age office last evening from Alfiredton stated that heavy rain, had fallen there, and the rivers were in flood, whilst low-lying country was submerged. A bad slip came down at Dunderdale's Bill, on the. Alfredton—JSkeitahuna road, ibut a staff of men was promptly put on. to clear ■the debris, and it was expected that the coach service would not be disturbed. In the Lower Valley the rivers , were running high last night, and many paddocks were covered with the overflow from, streams, and with surface water. No report was available from Martinborough concerning the Ruama- ' hanga River. In the Forty-Mile Bush, the rain, would appear to have been heavier than in the Wairarapa. The Manga- - toinoba and -flßJakakahi rivers were in high flood, the former having overflowed its banks, in several parts and inundated the country. A minor slip occurred on the railway Mine beyond Woodville, hut the .train service was not interfered with to any extent, most of the trains running .to time. At midnight last night, although it was still drizzling, there were indications of the weather breaking. AT OTHER PLACES. By Telegraph — Press Association. WiANGANUI, Last Night. ' Hetfvy tfain. fell steadily from early » ' morning' tHi about three o'clock this afternoon.. The river is rimming high \ but no damage, has beera done. ■■»'., N., Last Night. Heavy rain has fallen throughout yesterday and to-day*. All the rivers aire in high flood. The Manaiwatu river is running bank high, and l is. still rising. The road between' Ashhurst and Palmerston is under water. A wash-out occurred on. the railway line near Maharahara, between Dan*nevirke' and Woodville, and passengers have hod .to be transferred from one train to another.