WELCOME SUNSHINE.
TAIERI FLOOD VICTIMS. ' I DAMAGE TOTAL MOUNTING. Ci Telegraph.—Own Correspondent.) DUXEDIX, this day. Sm " ■•'"< l breeze were welcome to llu-distre.-r-ed Taieri farmers for thev hastened tlic naturally slow work of dryin? out. Advantage was taken of the suitable conditions to line fences with Wankets. sheets and mattresses soaked during the days of flooding. As the waters recede still further and tno countryside becomes more normal, the toll of destruction teems to mount higher, -for bodies of drowned stock are coming to lipht all over the plain, while ruined crops and damaged fences and barns also reveal that the visitation has been a costly one, running into thousands of pounds.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXXI, Issue 114, 15 May 1940, Page 6
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111WELCOME SUNSHINE. Auckland Star, Volume LXXI, Issue 114, 15 May 1940, Page 6
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