TRUE TO ITS NAME.
FLOOD AT WAIMAUKU. Tbom Our Own Correspondent.) AUCKLAND, December 27. One of the heaviest floods on record was experienced at Waimauku, in the Kaipara district, during the week end. Heavy rain fell all day on Saturday, consequently the whole of the low-lying country is under water. It was found on Saturday that it was impossible for traffic to proceed to Muriwai Beach, consequently the holiday-makers arriving by the last trains were stranded at Waimauku. A party of about 20 succeeded in obtaining a public hall as' a camp, and others were given accommodation by residents. On Sunday morning campers were able to “strike” their impromptu camps, and proceed on their various journeys. Waimauku is so named on account of an old-time flood which covered the land so that only the tops of cabbage trees were visible, the place name being a compound of “wai,” meaning water and “mauku,” cabbage tree.
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Otago Witness, Issue 3590, 2 January 1923, Page 42
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154TRUE TO ITS NAME. Otago Witness, Issue 3590, 2 January 1923, Page 42
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