CONDITIONS AT LITTLE RIVER.

Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, Volume LIX, Issue 6187, 10 March 1936, Page 2

CONDITIONS AT LITTLE RIVER.

( Whole Flat Covered. Conditions were very bad at Little River yesterday where the full brunt of the storm was felt. The river was right up to the ; girdlers of the black brid'ge and! the flood' waters were running' over the Croquet I'awn banks into the, Awa-Iti Domain. The whole flat from Mr Steans' property to the Lake Forsyth Hotel was one big lake. All residents left their homes except those in; doublestoreyed houses. Sheep Provided For. The sheep which had' been sent to the Fair were all looked after. Iho.se ini the yards were put in railway trucks and those coming down the hill were all put in good high paddocks lent by Little River people, for the purpose. Train Blocked 1 . The evening train only got as far as _ Birdiling's Flat as there was a big washout between Bird- , ling's. Flat and Little River. i Incessant Rain. ] Members of the Wairewa Coun- | ty Council stated yesterday it { was the highest flood they had , { seen. There was a short lull in } the afternoon, but from 5 p.m. ] onwards there was one contin- •( uous downpour. i( Clearing- the Roads. c The Wairewa County Council j put men on at once to clear the c slip , at Walker's creek and they i went on up to Red John's Gully 1 but they could) not cfear the big i slip away : by nightfall and it may 1 take a day for a big gang* of men; i