THE WEATHER.

Hawke's Bay Herald, Volume 12, Issue 953, 20 June 1868, Page 2

THE WEATHER.

The light showers which commenced on Friday last, changed on Sunday night into rather heavy rain, which continued, with intervals, till Thursday morning. Although the total rainfall at Napier during that period scai'cely exceeded six inches, it is evident that, with the prevailing easterly wind, a much heavier discharge has taken place on the ranges. The rivers rose gradually until Thursday night, when the lower plains — between Waitangi, the Little Bush, and Napier — were covered to such an extent that the flood waters reached Mr. McMurray's verandah. The waters are now rapidly subsiding, and we are glad to learn that the losses sustained have been very light. We have not heard, indeed, of any loss oflive stock, the settlers having taken timely precaution, but Mr. Jeffares has lost a considerable pit of | potatoes, and other casualties of a similar character are reported. Communication with the inland district, even with the Meanee Flats, has not been interrupted,

although the low part of the road near Tareha's Bridge was covered to the depth of nearly three feet, rendering travelling dangerous for those not well acquainted with the locality. On Thursday morning matters stood thus : The Meanee was overflowing heavily opposite Taipo, making the road near the Little Bush quite impassable. The river also slightly overlapped its banks about half a mile above the bridge, on the same side, as well as below Mr. Ashton's, near the race course. Only a very small stream ran through Taipo and the Greenmeadows. The Ngaruroro overflowed its banks near Te Awa o te Atua, and covered the low lands above Karamu. The Tuki Tuki, which had fortunately made for itself a straight course to the sea on Wednesday, overflowed slightly towards Kidnappers, which saved Olive and the lands near the Big Bush. All accounts from inland report flooded rivers. The driver of Cobb's coach, which arrived yesterday afternoon from Waipawa, reports three culverts as having been washed away on the main road, and the bridge at Paki Paki as having been a short time in danger through a Maori whare having floated down upon it. But no serious casualties seem to have occurred. In fact the beneficial effects, if we nre now favored with fine weather, mint' 'outweigh larero'y the losses, the smallness ot' which \> to be attributed to the promptitude with which, taught by the events of hist year, outlying settlers took measures of precaution.