FLOODING IN SOUTH.

Manawatu Standard, Volume LIX, Issue 204, 29 July 1939, Page 11

FLOODING IN SOUTH.

SEQUEL TO SNOW. Per Press Association. DUNEDIN, July 28. "With a continuation of the heavy thaw to-day, life in the city has returned practically to normal, alter the greatest storm ill the history or. the province. Bright sunshine has assisted in melting the snow, and clearing work has gone ahead with remarkable progress though it will ho some time before final evidence of the storm disappears. ... The quick thaw lias been responsible for some Hooding in the south, and the road between Balclutha and Gore is still impassable, there being three feet of water at Pukerau. The south railway line is also blocked at JlcNab, and all services south were cancelled this afternoon. The north line is clear, but traffic on the main north road will not be able to get through till after the week-end. The Central Otago line is also clear. Pigroot is impassable, but motorists can get through to Queenstown, via Milton and Alexandra. The danger of a shortage of coal has passed with the arrival of supplies from the south, and, as many merchants have trucks which have been held up in the yards because of frozen points, there should be plenty of coal till the mines are able to put out further supplies. Milk and tresii vegetables are now coming to hand in everincreasing quantities, and housewives' will now not have to go short over the week-end.

Late tin's afternoon a was made by the Southland Bughy Union to postpone the llanfurly Shield Match to have been played between Otago and Southland to-morrow.