ROADS UNDER WATER

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXX, Issue 21552, 25 July 1933, Page 8

ROADS UNDER WATER

EFFECT OF HEAVY RAIN TE . AROHA DISTRICT SUFFERS [from our own correspondent] t TE AROHA, Monday All the county workmen * available have been engaged to-day in repairing damage to culverts and road drains in the district which were oreitaxed by water as the result of Saturday's downpour. Rain fell heavily from 10 o'clock in the morning until four o'clock in the afternoon, the total fall in that period being 1.40 in. Creeks rose bank-high, and had th» ~ rain continued much longer there would have been serious consequences. Gordon Road was flooded in a dozen places, and vehicles had great difficulty in negotiating bridges. All the rivers were in high flood and a considerable amount of scouring occurred. On the Waihou and Manawaru Plains, the drains" were tasied to capacity, and wide sheets of water spread over many farms. Between MorrinsrilJe and Tahuna the rainfall was the heaviest for many years. The waterfalls on the mountain side have seldom presented such a magnifi. cent sight. In the afternoon the Wairere Falls were four times their usual ' volume, - and the rush of the water down the 300 ft - rock face could be heard for miles. In Te Aroha the quarry waterfall made an unusual spectacle, the water being caught by the wind and hurled back so as to resemble a great geyser.