TELEGRAMS.

Evening Post, Volume LXXIX, Issue 76, 1 April 1910, Page 3

TELEGRAMS.

IPBESS ASSOCIATION. I THE FLOODS IN THE NORTH. GALE BLOWN OUT IN AUCKLAND. AUCKLAND, 31»t March. The gale which has been raging' for three days blew itself out to-day. Telegraph communication with the South had been cut off for two days, but is now partially restored, though only one line is working, and this is blocked with private business. Nearly four inches of rain fell in Auckland between 3 p.m. and midnight on Tuesday, causing washauays on the railway* Taupo experienced the heaviest gale for many years, the grounds of the Spa Hotel suffering severely, many trees bein" blown down. Floods have occurred at Waihi and Paeroa, and railway communication i<i cut off between Paeroa and To Aroha and Waihi. A telegram from Auckland, delayed by line interruption, states that on Thursday afternoon the Paeroa railway station yard vras flooded. Tbe express train arrived from Thames, but could not go on, as the line was washed away. Water was on the Karangahape-road about 7ft deep. Several cattlo and horses had been drowned, and there had been a number of narrow escapes of residents. Tho flood war. the biggest on record. REASSURING REPORT FROM NAPIER. NAPIER, 31st March. Reports from tbe districts near Napier go to frhow that the flood* are subsiding. Meeanee was not flooded. The water was for some time near the top of the ttopbank, but a band of workers averted danger. The losses of stock, .«o {at as is known, are insignificant. Tli6 nealher chows eigns of clearing. Al ROTORUA. ROTORUA. 31st March. A gale of cyclonic force has been rag ing bince 4 o'clock yesterday morning. There is no sign of its abatement. Many trees in the Sanatorium Grounds have been uprooted, and much damage has been done. One tree fell in close proximity to the Sanatorium, and many large trees at Pukeroa Hill were blown down, some of which fell across the streets, blocking vehicular traffic to Ohinemutu. A coach shed, belonging to the Waiwera Coaching Company, collapsed. The roof of Kusab's sawmill was blown off, and many tree* on tho Whakarewarewa-Toad were blown dowu. The express from j Auckland yesterday and to-day was half an hour late, and a goods train due at 8 j o'clock last night, arrived at 1 o'clock this morning. There have been several narrow escapes from injnry by falling trees, but no one has been hurt. Two windows in the Grand Hotel werp blown in. A launch on Lake Rotomahana was sunk last night. Visitors making the round trip had to walk ronnd the lake to reach Waimangu.