KAIHU VALLEY INUNDATED.

Auckland Star, Volume LIX, Issue 161, 10 July 1928, Page 7

KAIHU VALLEY INUNDATED.

largest flood for years.

WATER SUBSIDING QUICKLY.

(By Telegraph—Own Correspondent.)

DARGAVILLE, tliis day.

One of the largest floods experienced for years has spread over Kaihu Valley. Viewed yesterday from a vantage point in Dargaville, the valley was a vast expanse of water, with tences, stop-banks and the railway line visible only in places.

At Tangiteroria on Sunday there was 15th of water at the wharf. On Taylor s Flats, on the Dargaville- Whangarei main highway, the water was 12ft high, and service cars for Whangarei were forced to take the longer route,* via Hoteo Mountain. The railway bus services were expected to resume normal running again to-day, as the excess water drains away quickly down the immense waterway of the Northern Wairoa River.

No loss of stock has been reported, as the farmers were aware of the probability of a flood.

flood feared at te puke.

(By Telegraph—Own Correspondent.)

TE PUKE, Monday.

A heavy downpour of rain on Sunday caused the Kaituna River and its tributaries to rise bank high. In some places on the main Tauranga-Rotorua Road the water was over the surface. It is anticipated that as Lake Rotorua continues to rise the swamp area near Te Puke and Maketu will be flooded near the river.

WAIKATO RIVER RISING.

(By Telegraph—Own Correspondent.)

MERCER, this day. The Waikato River, which has been unusually low for this time of the year, is rising rapidly as the result of Sunda'ys downpour. A strong westerly gale is blowing, and the temperature is very low.

ROAD BLOCKED AT WAIKINO.

(By Telegraph.—Own Correspondent.)

WAIHI, this day.

Following the storm of Sunday, some 200 tons of earth and stone suddenly came away on the Waihi-Paeroa Road opposite the Waikino traffic bridge, leading to the Waihi Company's battery. The road was completely blocked, and a gang of men was employed this morning in clearing it.