FLOODS FEARED.
HEAVY RAIN AT WHANGAREI. (Per Press Association.; AUCKLAND, March 11. Heavy rain set in at Whangarei on Sunday night and continued falling steadily throughout tho night. Steady rain again set in this afternoon, increasing in intensity until by evening a driving sheet of rain of great in> tensity was falling. At Clot worthy's Flat, on the road between Whangarei and Onerahi, the water was over the road at 9 o’clock and a car that came through then reported that the road would shortly be impassable. At Whakapara the river was bank high to-night, and although there had been no flooding, indications were that if the rain continued paddocks and reads would he under water. Farmers in districts liable to flooding have in many cases taken the precaution of removing stock to higher levels. Reports from several other districts indicate that serious flooding will occur shortly unless rain ceases.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 55, Issue 128, 12 March 1935, Page 6
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