ALL CLEAR

Northern Advocate, 27 July 1935, Page 8

ALL CLEAR

ROAD AND RAIL NORTHERN SERVICES RESTORED STORM WATERS RECEDING. TWELFTH FLOOD SINCE FEBRUARY, 1934. The twelfth big flood in North Auckland since February 9, 1934, is now a thing of the past. The improvement in the conditions yesterday was continued last night and this morning, and today , rail and rd.ad communications have ben completely reestablished. The rainfall fpr the 24 hours ended at 9 a.m. was only .10 in. Light showers alternated with sunshine today. • As hinted in the “Northern Advo-cate”-yesterday, the main route to Auckland via the Dome Valley became clear to light traffic at 5' o’clock last night. Although cars with low clearances are advised to use’ sacks over the engine, the flooded rpad at Kawakawa is also passable, with less than a foot of water. The same conditions apply at Taylor’s Flat, on the direct route to Dargaville. The Northern Patrol of the A.A. advises, however, that for a mile beyond Whatitiri. at the beginning of the Wheki Valley there has been considerable subsidence on the. road, which in places has fallen away badly. Danger signs' have been erected and traffic is urged to use dare and reduce speed as at several points there is insuffici lent room for two cars to pass. Railway traffic between Auckland and the North and vice versa is practically normal, and it was not expected that trains would be running more than a few minutes late today. The accumulation of goods awaiting transport has been dispersed, and a special train left Whangarei at 8.15; this morning for Kaikohe with a connection to Opua conveying general freight for Northern centres. A work train will be despatched from Whangarei tomorrow morning and will work all day between Whangarei and Waiotira cleaning out culverts and ballasting the track. The train which arrived at Whangarei at 8 a.m. today from Auckland was only 16 minutes late, and a connection was made with the special for the North. Other trains are running to normal timetable. Work trains have been ; employed on the lines between Hcted and Wayby attending to the flood damage. RECORD RAINFALL AUCKLAND’S REGISTER FOR JULY TOTAL OF 9.60 IN. {Special to “Nqrtriern Advocate.”! AUCKLAND, This Day. A record that had stood for 18 years was broken yesterday morning when heavy showers swelled the total rainfall for the month of. July to 9.60 in. With four days yet to go, therk appears every chance of the fall being ’carried past fhe lOin. mark. ‘ Until this year the heaviest rainfall ever experienced at Auckland’ for the month of July was that of 9.59 in. registered in 1917. Up till the end. of last week the fall for this month was only slightly over 3in, but the torrential rains of Sunday. Monday and Tuesday almost trebled that figure. When the official reading was taken at the Albert Park Observatory. at 9 o’clock yesterday the fall for the previous 24 hours was shown at .18in, and that for the month to date at 9.58 in. The latter reading was .Olin below the record of July, 1917, but showers which fell after the official reading had been, taken saw the setting of a new high level figure. The fall from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. yesterday was .02in. Although so much rain has been experienced this month there actually have been 10 days on which no rain at all has been recorded.