FLOODS IN THE SOUTH. [BY TELEGRAPH.—PRESS ASSOCIATION.] Timaku, Tuesday.

Waikato Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2202, 19 August 1886, Page 2

FLOODS IN THE SOUTH. [BY TELEGRAPH.— PRESS ASSOCIATION.] Timaku, Tuesday.

Thk weather has been exceptionally wet dm ing tho last three days, but the onls> effect has been to flood the low-lying poiP, tions of the town and suburbs. No damage has been done, so far. The rivers iirj the country districts, north And south, are running back, and bad floods are sure to follow, if the rain 'does not cease during the next24houtB. All day a heavy sea has beeri rolling into the harbour, but the four barques and other small vessels lying at the moorings are riding safely. • Christchuhch, Tuesday. It is raining heavily from the east. Several small landslips have occurred in a part of the hills. Accounts from the coun- . try show that nearly all the grain crops have suffered greatly. There is consideri able lons among the stock, Wednesday. A serious landslip has occurred at Pigeon i Bay, completely wrecking Mr Hay's house, which afterwards caught fire. No lives were lost, as all the family managed to escape. Every assistance was rendered by the settlers. The roads in the Peninsula are impassable, and to-night groat damage is feared unless the rain abates. () AMARU, Wednesday . Railway communication with Dunedin is entirely suspended, owing to a slip south of Palmerston. Communication on the Ngaparfc and Kurow branch lines is still open, though water is reported to be up to the rails in several places. It is still raining hard. Dunemst, Tuesday. The express trains from the north and south reached town in good time, although some slips had delayed other trains during the day. To-night rain is falling heavier than ever, and damage by floods seems almost certain. Wednesday. Great floods have occurred. The cellars in Bond-street and others on low lying parts of the town are flooded. The Times and Star machine rooms are so deep in water that the Times was not ksued till noon. The sewer which cost t'lo,ooo has burst, and much damage has been done to Sargood's warehouse. It is the heaviest rain that has fallen for twenty-three years. Pour Chalmers, Tuesday. Tho weather was so bad to-day as to put a stop to almost all shipping work.