WEATHER IN CANTERBURY.

North Otago Times, Volume CVI, Issue 13975, 12 September 1917, Page 2

WEATHER IN CANTERBURY.

RIVERS IN FLOOD. CHEVIOT BAILWAY BLOCKED. (Per Press Association), CIIBJSTCIIUBCH, September 11.. There is heavy rain throughout Canterbury, 'molting the snow on the ranges and causing floods in all 1 the rivers, which arc .high and still rising. A wash-out and a slip have blocked the Cheviot railway. BIG FLOODS IN KAIKOUKA. .JUSTNESS PLACES INUNDATED. LOW-LYING LANDS UNDER WATER. HEAVY RAINFALL IN NORTH CANTERBURY. (Per Press Association). GHRISTCIIUBCH. September 11. A telegram from Krlkourn state? tin 1 a\i!ooil of 'r " ■"; : ■'■•■: !>'■■''■:'■■>. ■'' enrrp: !:■..• i '-"ai: '''■ ;> ; ■ • The I,',\ lung lauds everywhere «;-c under Twitcr. Iterx. J!oci!r. are renovted from the Wa.av ilbtnel V-yro are 'three iv:;s>hout3 on the Cheviot railway lnu. The rainfall in North 'Canterbury,is the heaviest experienced for years. At Mendip Hills' Gin of rain fell in twelve hours, There has been a great loss in early lambs throughout the district. Koails are seriously damaged In all directions. The roads from Parnassus to Kaikoura are impassable, and the coach service has stopped running.