TONGARIRO RIVEL

Evening Post, Volume CVII, Issue 86, 10 April 1924, Page 5

TONGARIRO RIVEL

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'„ ' '': .'AtTCKLAND, -Tli.'-. . ..-'.'> The. largest iiood ever pspec-.. ;.? ,'■;? the Tongariro Biver,. "which"fl. .. ".'-■"."'■.■' Lake Taupo near. Tokaanii, c-cf ■. . ... Saturday morning,■ when • file -,••....-■■."■—-;.■ 1 in three hours to a record-k^-. -.-.. . ...- ing the .flood htmdreds o£:. ..i .: .■.._::/' trees -were carried downj aiid tL ■■- ': , on the.shore of the.lake in the >: •'.:■' ,of the mouth of the river arc 4 ■■."'-"-", "-V with- a liberal;- Bupply of firowdi.-',. -..'",." .which-noidonbt Maoris and, other:. '■■ 7i.' take full4dvantagel 'The river>har, L /•'-.'■ fallen, and is nearing normal. ' Ane.-'rV.'■'.'■! 'camps that "were previously caosi'} -..'. :.:-. 6afe were, partly inundated. Alfeau ", ?:- continual' run;/of. fresh . fish is nolle. ■. >.: leading up the river. ■ Flood'■yraters'have-^v left shoals of monster trout stranded ,'ij.v' V the adjacent- paddocks. Xhe:'.;lafgSr.", v specimen topped the scale at 26ilbV 'ilr.p ..r aiidiMrs. Strang and:party,.of Palmers--" ■ ton North, who .were camped oii>the '.'. '■ Tongariro 'River■ £or, fishiag, during (h<j .['• deluge were' conipelled^ to seek ■'high'ei;:: ■; ground by the did of a.Maori ..and kia. canoe. ■ .-■'■'' .'-..- .', ' .'•