HEAVY RAIN.

Hawera Star, Volume XLVI, 11 October 1926, Page 4

HEAVY RAIN.

HAWEEA’S WET WEEK-END.

The intermittent showers experienced on Friday and Saturday were followed by a steady 'downpour, which set in throughout Hawera district on Saturday [night, and continued until about 9.30 ' a.m. yesterday, to be succeeded with light intermittent showers and misty conditions throughout the day. For the twenty-four hours ended 9 a.m. yesterday a fall of 1.31 inches was recorded at Hawera. The weather came from the north, but very little wind was felt and there was an absence of. the cold and boisterous conditions experienced with previous rainstorms. Outdoor sports on Saturday afternoon were • suspended though a few golfers were sufficiently enthusiastic to remain on the new course long enough to complete about 12 holes. Rivers throughout the province ara reported to have been swollen, but in the southern district no serious flooding lias been reported, and with the exception of a small slip near Manutahi. on the Alain South Road, and a larger one a little south of ALaxwelltown, the roads have not. suffered to. any extent.. The usua: communicn tion by service car was, however, maintained and normal conditions, will soon he restored. A small slip on the Atangamingi ridge in the Eltham county has also been reported, but was expected to be cleared this morning. IN NORTH TARANAKI.

In the north the precipitation appears to have been of much greater proportions, and to have been particularly heavy between Wait-ana and Mt. Messenger. Rivers were in heavy flood during the week-end, and large tracts of country in the vicinity of Uienui and Uruti were under water yesterday, while the north road was blocked by several slips. It is expected' that tr,e road will not he negotiable for tnrough traffic before Wednesday, though; arrangements have lieen made by service car agencies to relay passengers and mails and maintain connection between Taranaki and the north. The main obstacle is a heavy landslip on the north side of Alt. Messenger. which, yesterday presented an impassable barrier. Between Uruti and Mt. Alessenger the flood waters covered the roadway in many places, thecrown in some" spots being submerged to a depth of two feet, while a wide expanse of water stretched away on either side, even the fences being invisible in the low-lying portions. Telegraphic communication between New Plymouth and the north was also interrupted, two. telegraph posts on Aft. Alessenger having been swept away, but it is anticipated that, the damage will he repaired to-day. Two Hawera travellers to the north on Friday evening report that even then, before the last heavy and continuous downpour of .rain, the Waitara llirer wia.s only a few 'feet from the top of (the wharf. They intended to go to go. through to Te Kuiti, en route to Auckland, - but found conditions so bad that they resolved to turn back, and they returned to Hawera.

IN THE MANAWATU. (by trt.foraph—mss association.) PALMERSTON N., Oct, 10. Heavy rain over the Alamwatu and Orbua, watershed has caused these river,si to rise rapidly, and they are already in semi flood. .The water is going (through the breaks in the .stop "banka of, ifclhe. Oroua. oaused durinE i>he heavy floo<i in July, and seibtlers sure. removing their stock. WET TIME AT CAMBRIDGE.. CAMBRIDGE, Oct. 11. October promises to a record, rainfall in this district. Up to this morning no less than 5.62 inches had fallen. In October last year 3.11 inches fell The country is now saturated, the low-lying country being under water in many places. The warm rains have caused a phenomenal growth of seed, but more sunshine is now badly wanted. Scarcely any sunshine has been experienced this month. _ The Waikato river is exceptionally high.