SNOW NORTH AND SOUTH

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 254, 20 July 1908, Page 8

SNOW NORTH AND SOUTH

' "r : « — : —— ' TRAIN-PLOUGHING SLOW. .GOVERNMENT AID FOR. THE TAIERI'; , V (ox TELFiGEArn—rRESS ASSOCIATION.) • ' " . Diinedin, July 17. 'Frozen snov/,' five feet deep, and in places higher than -the funnels' of 1 the engines, lies between;'Wedderb'urn • and Oturehiia; -•' A single, engine, iwith: a snow-plough, was ■derailed -frequently,', so two engines, coupled; worked the 'plough' to-day, getting an engine's'leiigth further" with each rush. '. Two miles' .were ploughed in twelve" hours, and tho officials are- doubtful of the line being cleared by Monday. ' yA; train' leaves Clyde daily for. Oturehua, but/cannot get beyond the latter station. Two snow-ploughs 'are now ,at - work - clearing the; line'.- . •. : "The ground is .so hard that it turns the points ,of pickaxes;- NVsnow, fell to-day;' Advic.e' wasreceived to-day - that - the:, Government-; has, ;,consented to,;rail;„ free of ;chaTg;e, stock from 'any -part, of Taieri, .and 'to rail feed to any part, affected by floods. . GREAT LOSSES OF SHEEP. Mackenzie' couMry ' will suffer. 1 -. Christchurch, July 19. ' . The Timaru ,correspondent of the, " Press " states . that the. fall • of snow \ is. likely: to bo .more" serious .than was at first .anticipated, ' I.n' the Mackenzie country runholders are ..employing men, at great expense •to'; save' as many 1 sheepi as, possible, but it 'it ' that'! where :,ihundredswere lost after;last snowstorm, some .few years back,, the loss this time'will 'run. to thousands., DRIFTS AT POVERTY BAY. ' . : , •/" , Glsbo'rnei July. IS. , , There ; has ; been, a heavy, fall .of, snow along . the ;>EastlCoast/:. the, hills. being'. cov-eredi-as :far .north of, Waipiro.'. • At»Wharerat.a - snow-lies-a and-the coach' from Morere. this morning ploughed through drifts up to the horses'knees. . .