THE WEATHER

Evening Star, Issue 17086, 3 July 1919, Page 4

THE WEATHER

, Ilia vapory weaitJwr, *bqg§fcffi •iLw <Jlonsda iy&g os»er D«raedi» aia&Wl Isß©' adjacant oounfcry Satse dropped a. of tfacra in intcrrtsifttwit dirizsleg, and f£ie «js■"tirk* is soabedi 'Pie raioSafi- slaoe %>«)% has beea 148 poinis a* OtoeiMn aiid>'3Ss' par Mgsgial waitesv, JSTjay \pjt weather hge been espmanoed dicing •Hie ptest two days, "with fide remit tha| 14w-3ying laads aXo wafer water. AXlvmim greeks and waterowiiirßfflß are rannmbig fßi|, There was <ru&e» flood in lbs Owhtto tbia morning, and the JSiiraastream "was feUy 4'ft above its nanmai. In tbe Rwersld© district (East Taiari) all low-ljydhg «a»d» 09.se under waiter. At KkkOSaaxd's t3ie Taieri ife'ir wia-s showiiig a slight rise, and &&» j Si&tjrsfcream had; t» spread I <ft>ar iho paddocks near ifche point -w&tere it> fofes ,£ho Tajeri river. Aa the acton ha® fcegsfc lip all day, the otuiJook in the «ft«rnoon Sad not Brightened, and a Taieri flood of no smlall dimension's lis feared. On the soufcii end of tiie plain, much water is lying, and some a<oads are covsred. The Waipon always gives trouble heme, and unless the weatfcor dteeurs up the lot of the farmer* in'and arottnd Berwick and on tha plain across to Henley -will not be « hajW o:ne - COUNTY ENGINEER'S REPORT. Mr B. B. Oousban, Taieri county engineer-, reported at 2 p.m.:The streams that feed! the Taieri River were running high yesterday, sad the river ' trose 6ft at Allanton and ?ft at Hindoai during th© night. Tins mcrrtkig a <?on-siderab-le area of the low-lyinj grouftd at E-ast Taieri wkd iimier- wateir, and the river was Inflowing tihxougli. tile po?eiaics of tho jßast IVtieai embanknaent mt> AflMlfireon'e and Gibson's. xVt noon the river was stiSl riainc slovr.ly» I'be iWaipori Eiver is also high, the depth of water on tlie weirs at tie powethoußa teing l 3ft, and tke water has been stationary at that height aU morning. The road from Berwick to Mill Creek is oinder water, and -commuracatioiß cat oq. Reports from Middienjairch indicate that mojt of t3ie wat-er is coming from the streams ithat flow into iho Taieri between &xtton and Out-rani, land tho vim in. theriver is due more to the melting of the snow on the halls by the soft rain than to 1 the amounts of rainfoll. LATEST. Wo Hi-ad the following messages this' afternoon : The Toi=r.i River is up considerably, and rising slowly. The Silverstream is up 4ft. The Owhdro road is under water in several places, and Kixkland's farm is surlonnded. At 2.15 STaseby reported that the- Taieri River was rising very rapidly. IN? CENTRAL OTAOO. [Speciai, to the ' Stae.'J CROMWELL. July 3. Eain and snow fell over the whol& of the inland district throughout Wednesday and until an early Jiour this morning. Only in a few outlying districts did the snow .reach the fiats, but there are signs of a j fairly heavy fall on the higher levels. The weather is now showing signs of clearing, but the sky is still heavily overeast, and the barometer is remarkably low. CLYDE, July 3. Beaw rain set in early yesterday morning and continued all day and night, the faJj at Clyde being 154 points. Snow fell on the mountain tops, which axo now covered with a thick mantle. The sl<y is etill overcast.