EXPECTATIONS

Evening Post, Volume CXIII, Issue 138, 15 June 1927, Page 23

EXPECTATIONS

CLOSING OF KAWARAU DAM

(By Telegraphs)

(Special to "The Evening Post.")

. DUNTEDIN, This Daj% The frost in Central Otago ia now tag;'most severe of the season. This, wxtb: the-deposit of snow which has frozen up the mountain streams, has caused the Kawarau River to fall even morq .rapidly than., a week ago. THo weather iscoJd'and-settled, and the river .mi !• sure} to obntinuo to fall. It wjll taJc«.Jsome twelve hours aftov the gates .are cjowd this morning for -the nvor to: show any appreciable drop on its present, running. : All things considered, the hoiaers of .the claims iti tlic gorge/can: confidently look 'for a. much lower level tha*' last yeqr; followod by a-'daijy drop,, of; a few inches." Some of vthe holders are in,.:reiidiness for an immediate start, particularly those at.Natural Bridge and Vogel's Vision, It is evident' that many will • await tho effect: of the closing,'- and to soo the oxtent to which, tho rivqr will drop before going tp any expense.