WINTRY WEATHER.

Gisborne Times, Volume LXVIII, Issue 10733, 2 November 1928, Page 3

WINTRY WEATHER.

DOUBLE CENTRED CYCLONE OVER NEW ZEALAND.

COASTAL VESSELS SEEK SHELTER.

FERRY STEAMERS BUFFETED

(Press Association.) WELLINGTON, Nov. 1. A double centred cyclone is dominating the whole of New Zealand, and is responsible for the unseasonable weather being experienced. Wellington has heen 'in its throes for three days wiith a southerly gale and heavy rain. The Hutt river is running very high and much low-lying land is under water. No slips of any magnitude have occurred, I ait minor ones have been reported, and in several localities weak spots are being watched. '8 Several coastal vessels have been forced to seek shelter, and difficulty has been experienced in berthing others. The Eastbourne, people have been tossed about in the ferry steamers, and this morning the Hutt railway line gave the officials anxiety. Minor washouts have occurred and as a precaution trains are being run on the inner line. The waves this morning broke right ove.r the carriages, pouring through the ventilators. FLOODS IN CARTERTON DISTRICT. GREATEST DEPTH IN TWENTY YEARS. SETTLERS ISOLATED. .Pta an Aasoclation.) CARTERTON, Nov. 1. Serious floods are Being experienced all over the district owing to the excessive rain. The Kokotau bridge has been closed to all tiaffic,.the recentlydriven piles having given way, while the approaches have )>een washed out. Many settlers are surrounded, being unable to reach town, but they are in no clanger. Communication with Gladstone, Kokotau, Ponatahi and Ahiaruhe lias been complete] 5 cut off. Reports from the lower valley state that the waters overtopped the stopbanks, the whole countryside being inundated to the greatest depth in 20 years. The Tuhitarata dairy factory was flooded, and is unable to workNo serious damage has been reported yet except to the Kokotau bridge. Rain is still falling, but not heavily. The water has dropped half an inch since 8 a.m. to-dny. SLIPS IN FAR NORTHTRAIN HELD UP BY BOULDERS. (Pres* Association.) WHANGARET, Nov. 1. A north-bound goods train, which left Whangarei at- .5.45 o’clock this morning, was held up between Runtangata and Kauri by boulders, the largest of whioh measured J2ft. by Oft. by Gft., and weighed many tons. These' had been dislodged by the heavy rain and crashed down a bushclad slope _ 300 ft. high. Several boulders* weighed about* two tons. "Jt ia expected to lxive the track cleared this afternoon. MISHAP TO EXPRESS. I ACJNeTdER A TLF.D. (Press Assentation.) MASTERTON, Nov. 1. The express train from Woodvillo to Wellington ran into a slip threequarters of a mile north of Alangamahoe this afternoon. The engine was derailed, the front bogey being wrecked, but, fortunately, none of iho four passenger carriages left the line’ and no one was injured. A special train, 'despatched from Alasterton to the scene, conveyed the passengers to their destinations, the train leaving Masterton 2( hours behind time. A large gang of men is at work on the slip, which is expected to be- cleared to-morrow morning, bub, even if net cleared by then, the passengers will sje transhipped. Heavy rain has fallen in the district for the past three days, many slips blocking the roads nad flood waters inundating the low-lying land.