EXTRAORDINARY RAINFALL.
AM, RECORDS BEATEN. PROBABLY DUE TO CLOUD BURSTS. (8y Telecrapli—Prese Association.! CHRISTCHURCH, this day. The only place* isolated in the Christchurch postal district to-day are Aroca and Case on the Midland railway. West i coast mails are going via Wellington. Telegraphically the position to-day is the came am yesterday. It is hoped to get connection with Kaikoura and Waiau to-day. The rainfall in Christchurch since Thursday has been 6.230, which beats all records. Mr. Skey, Director of the Magnetic Observatory, says that high records euch as 25in may ibe accepted as reliable, -as they would probably be due to cloud .bursts.
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Auckland Star, Volume LIV, Issue 110, 10 May 1923, Page 5
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103EXTRAORDINARY RAINFALL. Auckland Star, Volume LIV, Issue 110, 10 May 1923, Page 5
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