INVERCARGILL, January 18.
On Sunday afternoon it commenced to ( rain, and, except for a few hours, it has i been raining steadily ever since, and last night the downpour was very heavj, with ' the resulb that all the rivers and creeks are in;high flood. The express, timed to reach Invercargill at 3.2, did not arrive it her • destination till 4.20 p.m., owing t v. wash- ' out on the line about two miles out, which was repaired sufficiently to enable it to cross. The gardens are all under water, ■ just the heads of the flowers showing. The Puni Creek is getting a great clean-out. The rain has now (8.30 p.m.) abated, and the weather looks more settled. i
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Otago Witness, Issue 2654, 25 January 1905, Page 11
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117INVERCARGILL, January 18. Otago Witness, Issue 2654, 25 January 1905, Page 11
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