RAIN IN CANTERBURY.
LANDSLIPS AT LYTTELTON
EARLY POTATOES DESTROYED.
(By Telesrapb.— Press Association.) CHRISTCHURCH, this day. Over three inches of rain fell in the city on three days, and nearly double that amount in country districts. Slips in Lyttelton have caused very much damagd, while some peninsula roads are blocked through earth slides. At Heathcote the early potato crop was washed out of the ground. The first six days of August were the warmest on record since 1003. From the country losses of lambs and sheep arc reported.
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Auckland Star, Volume LVI, Issue 188, 11 August 1925, Page 16
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88RAIN IN CANTERBURY. Auckland Star, Volume LVI, Issue 188, 11 August 1925, Page 16
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