HIGH TIDES
A WELLINGTON RECORD.
In common with'other parts-of th» Dominion some very high tides'havebeen experienced in Wellington this week; As a result of this, water has found'"its'way into many of the cellars, of big ouildings erected on reclaimed land. The General Post Office is one of the buildings, affected in that way, but no serious-damage has been done. The trouble has not beeti more pronounced than on previous occasions. . t ■ '. , On 4th August, at 4.45 p.m., the tide was higher by 1.8 inches than the average high-water mark. ■■ This- is tlireo inches below the record for the port, and 41.65 feet above the city datum-mark:^ At 6 o'clock last evening, the tide rose '4J.55 feot above the city datum mark. Yesterday marked the greatest range between low and high tides—s.6 feet, a record for the port. ,
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Evening Post, Volume CII, Issue 32, 6 August 1921, Page 5
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