THE WEATHER AND THE ROADS.

Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, Volume XXIV, Issue 2073, 28 July 1896, Page 2

THE WEATHER AND THE ROADS.

Pince last Friday the weather, as far as regards the fall of rain, has considerably Improved, but up to time of going to press, is far fro.n settled. By the promptitude and energy of the officers of the locai bodies, the road was open for coach traffic yesterday from here to Little River Railway ; fetation. Gangs of men were kept at veork all day on Sunday on the ijlatn road, with the result that it is now fairly passable. The roads to the different bays on the Eastern side of the Pt-ninsula are all passable, and genernlly traffic during the recent storm has-been uninterrupted. It will be seen from an official advertisement from Mr Hay, the Chairman ot the Pigeon Bay Koad Board, that the roads in this district are not safe for traffiA ; but, this wo take as to some extent as a preventative step to save the Board from legal consequencesOur Littlo River correspondent writes as follows :—-" Lake Forsyth, which was very high on Thursday, had covered much of the low .lying land,-the water having nearly reached the Railway, Station. Messrs Kissel, Flynn. Tini, aud JVlcManuas had to shift.; On Thursday evening the weather looked brighter, and by Friday morning the rain had. ceased. The I.nice still continued to rise slowly, and much .'.nxiety'•w-8 i -feil 8s to whrn it would be let out. On Saturday afternoon the Council's men had succeeded in opening up a small channel, and the evening 'being favourable, thewater soon commenced to flow , with greater force, and by Sunday morning the Lake had reached its proper level. With the exception of a footbridge in thr Western Valley being carried aril the silt'and rubbish left by the water, tine does not seem to be much damage dekw this sido of the hill."

We learn that a channel was cut open at the beach at Lake Forsyth with one scoop aha six shovels. "The Lake started to go out at 2 p.m. on Saturday, and was running full swing at 7 p.m. By Sunday mid-day the I<ake had cleared itself to a level of 14ft below the railway line. The rainfall was for the 24 hours before tbe 23rd, 593 ; on 24th, 4.-G9, and on 25th, 0 31, the total fall for the three days not much exceeding the phenominal tall of '26th June laßt of 9 75 inches.