HEAVY RAINS
RIVERS RISING AND FLAT LANDS FLOODED. TAIEKI PLAINS THREATENED, PBEBS ASSOCIATION. DUNEDIN. July 11. The extremely heavy rains whicu have fallen on the Taieri Plain and on the high country at the back, right up to MGddlcmarch, since Wednesday, have resulted in a big rise in tho Taieri river, and present indications point to the likelihood of a serious flood on tho plain. The cowntall is the heaviest that has been experienced for four years, and largo quantities of surface water already cover a portion of the plain. Settlers on the low ground are busy removing their stock to higher country. Rain still continues, and since 5 o’clock to-night the river at Outram has risen eight feet, but the worst effects will not bo felt for another six or seven hours. At Middlemarch the river is a quarter of a mile wide, and has risen six inches between 10 and 11 to-night.
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New Zealand Times, Volume XXXVI, Issue 8171, 12 July 1912, Page 8
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