STORIAND FLOOD.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XXVII, Issue 8321, 30 July 1890, Page 5

STORIAND FLOOD.

■ * t [BY TKLEtiRAP— OWN CORRESPONDENT.] TaurA'oa, Tuesday. An unusually hey galo rith heavy rains has been blown for thj last four or five days, and at psent sli/ws little signs of abatement. N steainq from Auckland has arrived for #ra wctf, which is a most unusual event. / The weather as haj one very curious effect: it has pppedkll trade by small vessels, and at to presht time all the tirewood merchantiare completely out of tirowood, and theitoek { coals is so meagre that it is being Of in the smallest of quantities to loop pei>le going. Yesterday one of the local brers telegraphed for a supply of firewood ttcome by steamer or any way it c<uld bo Jut, and it no supplies come in fir the nil day or two everyone will be at their A's end for fuel, and how the bakers are toianago is a question that is puzzling oveivio. T Aroha, Tuesday. A continuous rain fc< fallen here for tho last four days, ami liny farms along tho river bank are complely Hooded. Several head of cattle are sported to have been drowned. The riveptas not attained such a height for the Jasmine years. I I'.akkua, Tuesday. Damage by the ate rain is reported to the Cassel Conpar's plant at Karangahake.