RAIN AND FLOODS

Greymouth Evening Star, 26 June 1925, Page 2

RAIN AND FLOODS

■SUFFERS. •? -'4- ?•- .';.•• (Per Bless Association.) , . ' •; ROTORUA, June'2s. ;/Fiva I 'ijicUos..;of rain have fallen -in this J di&trict:% The’:.‘.Rangita ; :ki'* river is 1 in high flood.'The coastal road is flocked, ; A,? service car proceeding coastward.* was. enclosed by waters between Teteko ..arid .Whakatane- ' ' , OPOTIKI, June 26. y.S’he Waideka river overflowed its banks', .erirly;; yesterday mornlng, . with the- resii'lt that the town ■ was inundated throughout the. day;/ Shopkeepers in good' time 1 and there w'riS little damage; The greatest depth 61? water- hi the shops was only three wiiter.'rdinaliied the game height ■■ ctght ■ hours ■.. an<l, ,conimepced.’r to subside at seven o’clock yest6ixlay.<l:>- mine o’clock, 'the streets were.', cleari'H6aVy .'rairi caused slips ahd/washphts' ori the- country, roads. U •' WAIROA, June 26. Waioeka district St^td.Jthat'-the flood has been ifeeVere. Considerable ’ 'damage was . done to roads; • A 'motor lorry got into difficulties /and had to "be niriored with rqpesi/and ,16ft. in the stream. Manj sjiji/xcaine, ... .. .. . ..? ' ’ WELLINGTON,'' Junb 26'. . Ueawf- rains yesterday brought down on the' road leading oyer the -Pgekakariki •' hill,,' One - large fal I ai/'thq - sumniit completely. b locked the /liiain :rbad r ;and-..a : /ela.rame. is. npt • likely ; '.'for. ffiridex-;^. wpek . for. heavy • traffic, I'Tlioogli flight'.vehicle? .may ’ manage to get past .anil, may. gef; through ‘ via the '•krori, The other main outlet .to •the Cotifrt -from thd - Hutt' A alleyCovhr the Akatarawa saddle is also ■'blocked; .' <Thig. may be cleared by ’tomorrow.,'V ‘ V "FQRBES- UNDER WATER; fAtiijtrftlianland. N;Z,:\Cable Assp.-iatipn » X. SYDNEY, June -.25. The,'fiood : -is-still rising at Forbes ; All.;-business ds., -at ■ a standstill there, business.section being cut off from /the residential section:' The town is A/oVAfet-fheet ofwater; Details' are .jn'ot".amiable of; the. damage in thr surrounding district. All .the' telegraph, and telephone lines are down.