A TORRENTIAL DOWNPOUR.
... OHDIEMUKI. .KIYER_FLOODED. (By- Telograph.—Own Correspondent.) - . WiAIHT, this day. the 'heaviest downpours experienced for sonic"years : has been in evidence here. siiK*e.~ T'niirisday afternoon. Surface operations at the' mines are .considerably . interfered with. .ThY electric power was temporarily -ciit. off*-owing to..the prstoylHy_o£ihe: cables of the. transmission, line being affected fey, the. •weather in toe'rougher i*Ehe Ohineniuri River is flooding its banks. . ' HEAVIESTFOR YEABS. V, (By TelegTaph.—Prese ~4efoclaUon.i • WHANi&iEEI, thie day, Extraordinarily heavy rain—the heavi>*C experienced: in -Wtaangarei for two years—hae fallen during the last thirty hours,'and continues. The rainfall is general " throughout North- Auckland. The district suffered abnormal drought periods over , the last three years, in coneequcnco of- .which- farmers and orchardists BiitTcrcd severely. The campof tlie 15th Übrth Auckland Regiment at Ruatangata was compelled tiS.crose..;;.,/ . - ■ ._ __ .
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Auckland Star, Volume XLVI, Issue 68, 20 March 1915, Page 9
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127A TORRENTIAL DOWNPOUR. Auckland Star, Volume XLVI, Issue 68, 20 March 1915, Page 9
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