BUILDINGS DOWN AT MANAKAU.
Manakau received the force of the gale and here trees by the score were feveiled or broken, gardens were dam-<u.-ed, plantations mined, maize and oilier crops almost uprooted, wln,e sheets of iron were carried considerable distances. At I'ukehou tanks were blown right across the road, haystacks v/eiy levelled and scattered all ove.' paddocks, the large blacksmith's- shop at Manakau was brought to the ground '„, ruins, while the Parish Hall suffered a similar fate. Pine trees fell iicross a house at Mr. Ransfield's, the factory roof suffered considerably, while private houses were badly damr.ged. A wagon on the line was also blown over, roofs were wrecked, while farmers all through have been inconvenienced on account of power being cut off.
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Horowhenua Chronicle, 3 February 1936, Page 5
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123BUILDINGS DOWN AT MANAKAU. Horowhenua Chronicle, 3 February 1936, Page 5
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