KAIKOURA NEWS

Press, Volume LXXII, Issue 21714, 22 February 1936, Page 4

KAIKOURA NEWS

. -V - HEAVY RAIN The continual broken weather as* sumed a serious aspect on Wednesday; when heavy rain commended to mil in the morning and continued Steadily without a break for nearly 30 hours, during which lime the official weather gauge recorded a fall of 4.49 inches, making a total rainfall for the month to date of more than nine inches. All the rivers and streams in the district are in heavy , flood, and damage was done to the west approach of the Cribb Creek bridge on the inland Walau road, and the water also over-, flowed in the Kowhai river at Femleigb, causing some of the overflow to divert into Stoney Creeks Considerable inconvenience has been 'Caused to workers near the Conway river, where Public Works men are engaged in widening the bluffs.anda contractor is biisy with the' building of :a concrete- bridge. ,3Qth .camps havd been heavily flooded twice ,withi& :a' week, and the cohiractor' has been shifting his gear to build a bridge over the Dip Creek which has held up all traffic. It Was found necessary to postpone the annual Kalkoura ewe fair, which was to have been beld yesterday, until Tuesday next, because of the flooded state of the rivers and the impossibility of shifting any stock. The weather cleared on Thursday afternoon at 3 o’clock, and the Sun shone brightly for a while. Oddfellows* Lodge Bro. G. Nilsen, N.G., presided at the meeting of the Loyal Heart of Oak Lodge, held in the lodge room. Four members were declared on the sick fund, and one member was declared off. Card Evening The second of a series of card evenings, organised by the Kaikoura Croquet Club was held in the Oddfellows’ Hall on Thursday evening. Mrs R. Reardon won the women’s prize and Mr A. Gooch the men’s prize. , 1 . ■