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New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXX, Issue 13, 27 March 1902, Page 20

In corjsequence of the partial suspension of railway communication with Christchurch on Monday and Tuesday, the mails from the north were late in coming to hand. As the space then at our disposal was limited, we were obiged to condense letters and news terns to a considerable c n t. As a result of the heavy rains of Sunday and Monday considerable damage was done to the railway line, public roads, arid bridges in Canterbury. Many districts were under flood, and corn in stook and stack hiis been injured in South Canterbury, especially about Temuka and Winchester ; serious losses of Btock are reported from Fairlie, Geraldine, and Temuka. Unless the weather changes for the better very soon the outlook for the farmers in many districts of Canterbury is rather gloomy.