THE FLOOD
One day last year, when the rain was falling and the river became swollen it leaked under the railway line until it flooded our home. As the water Hooded in. the lawn looked like a lake, with chips floating round like little boats. - ' The water was about eight inches above the front doorstep, but as the door fitted very tightly not much water came in. At the back door we were flooded. After we had had tea we gathered a few clothes, and some
of the men carried us over the water, and we then scrambled up the railway embankment. The train stopped and took us to Otira, where we stayed from the Thursday night until Sunday afternoon. —BETTY HOPKINS (aged 11),
MOUNTAIN LILY FLAT
“In the summer the mountain lilies blossom here and look beautiful,” says Maureen Kear. Wouldn’t you like to see Mountain Lily Flat, with white and gold lilies set in the great dark fastnesses of |he mountain tops. _
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Press, Volume LXXIII, Issue 22243, 6 November 1937, Page 3 (Supplement)
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