DOMINION NEWS.
TROTTING MEETING POSTPONED. (by telegraph—press association.) GREYMOUTII, Oct. 22. OAving to the condition of the track and the delay in the arrival of a special train from Christchurch the trots have been postponed until Monday and Tuesday.
HEAVY RAIN AT GREYMOUTII. GREYMOUTH, Oct. 22. Rain fell all night and is continuing this morning. A slip on the railway at Jackson’s delayed traffic on the Otira. line for four hours. Despite the rain the rivers are falling. No flood danger has been; reported, at present.
FLOOD IN THE WAIMAKARIRI. CHRISTCHURCH. Och. 22. Torrential rain from Bealey to Springfield last night and this morning has brought the Waimakariri into high flood. The swollen Avatens, which are believed to be as great as the devastating flood of last November, are ex needed to reach Coutt’s Island at about 6 o’clock to-night. SnoAV lying , deep on the mountains near the gorgia 2 is melting fast under the rain. Stock is being shifted to safety in anticipation of the flood working havoc.
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Hawera Star, Volume XLVII, 22 October 1927, Page 9
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169DOMINION NEWS. Hawera Star, Volume XLVII, 22 October 1927, Page 9
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