FLOODS IN THE SOUTH.

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume LXV, Issue LXV, 20 December 1913, Page 5

FLOODS IN THE SOUTH.

PROSPECTIVE SUFFERING

BT TELEGRAPH—PRESS ASSOCIATION.

DUNEDIN, Dec. 19. The weather for some time has been very unsettled, heavy showers falling, at frequent intervals almost every day. A heavy raU se^ in to-day, continuing for several hours, and as a result some low-lying land near the Botanical Gardens was flooded. The water soon receded, however, and no material damage was done. , Advice was received from Middlemarch to-night thatvthe Taieri river is very high. Rain has been falling intermittently on the hills for about a week, and there was a steady downpour to-day. The river rose steadily from about 3 p.m. to 4 p.m. The township is under water, and the flood has reached almost to the railway line. If i!he rain continues the settlers lower down may suffer.