SNOW IN SOUTHLAND.
AI ORE HEAVY FALLS. Per Press Association. INVERCARGILL, July 30. The danger of serious flooding in most parts of Southland has been averted by more snowfalls in the back country. The flooding which occurred on Friday resulted,from a sudden thaw on the lower country, but- more snow hn<s now stopped the thaw in the back districts, where serious flooding was likely to start. ’Pile through express to Christchurch did not leave Invercargill yesterday, but the flooding at AlcNab subsided sufficiently for the midday express to Dunedin to get through. The main road to Dunedin is also now open, as arc most of the district roads, hut a few arc still blocked by minor flooding. The Afataura. and Oreti rivers are still very high. There have been more heavy falls of snow in flic Garston district, but the main lino to Queenstown is still open. On the lower areas of Southland to-dav there was a heavy rainfall with hail squalls, hut little snow has fallen in the Invercargill district since Thursday.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LIX, Issue 205, 31 July 1939, Page 11
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173SNOW IN SOUTHLAND. Manawatu Standard, Volume LIX, Issue 205, 31 July 1939, Page 11
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