THREAT OF FLOOD

Evening Post, Volume CXVII, Issue 109, 10 May 1934, Page 12

THREAT OF FLOOD

IN LOWER WAIRARAPA

LAKE FERRY RISING

(Special to the "Evening Post.")

MASTEKTON, This Day. . Although so far the position is not serious, settlers in the Lower Valley; fear that, failing an improvement in the weather, thereis.some possibility of more or less serious flooding. The outlet of Lake Ferry, which had been blocked for some days, was opened last Friday, but the relief was only temporary, as following; heavy seas it was closed again the following day. It will probably be a..week before an attempt to clear the .outlet will be successful. The; heavy southerly of the past few days has banked the lake waters up in the upper reaches,. where much of the adjacent low-lying land is under water. Actually the waters at Lake Ferry are lower than they were on Saturday, but this relief has been gained at the expense of lands further up the lake. • ' '

Mountainous seas have been pounding at the outlet and sweeping into the lake since Saturday,; and yesterday a blustering southerly storm, raged. Bain. fell heavily throughout but up to then there had-not been a great deal of rain. . The. stop-banks along the Buamahangd Biver are holding the rising waters.