THE WEATHER.

Otago Witness, Issue 2167, 5 September 1895, Page 36

THE WEATHER.

Heavy rain fdl aboat 6 30 last evening and continued for some time. The downpour dii no harm in tho city and suburbs, but as it extended to Central Otago it is feared that the Taieri river may do damage on the plftiu, aa it will be seen by the following belt grams kiudly placed at our disposal by the te egr&ph departmeut that it is rising rapidly :—: — 7.45 pm. NtseHy reports : " Raining heavily here since 5 p.m. The postmaster, P&tearot, informs me that it is the same there, and th»t the Taieri river is riling rupidly, everyt-hing pointing to a big flood. The finow has quite dißnppeu-ed from the low land «, and the high lands are now showing up." 11.30 p.m. Naseby reports : " Been snowing last two hours aud still suowing heavily."

Messrs Howden and Moncrieff received the following wire from Alexandra yesterday :—: — " The Manuherikia and the Manorburn high, still unferdab'e ; both falling. Fences all right ; only damage from several feet fct 11 water, expeoted to drain off rapidly."

Monday.

The charge from raiu to snow, followed by frost, which occurred on Friday night had tho effect of checking the rising of the Taieri river, which threatened to cause a fliod on the pla ; ns. Telegrams from Naseby ou Saturday morning stated that at Eyeburn the river had fallen sufficiently to allow traffic to cross. It was snowiDg heavily on Mount Pisa. From Cromwell it is reported that no danger of a fkod was apprehended tie re, as the Molyneux was fulling. Tel grams from Hyde state that the Taieri river was rising rap : £ly ou Saturday morning and enow was falling, but the rise did not continue. A telagram yesterday morning stated that the frost of the previous night had stopped tho tbaw. At 5 p.m. the Btationrani-tci" at Hyde reported that the river waa at tho same levtl as oa tha prtvioui eveuit-g.

THE RIVERS FLOODED.