Floods in the South.
Ixvkiu'akuiUj, to-day,
A heavy rainfall has caused Hoods in the country and the crops aredamaged in some quarters. A portion of the ballast on the Riverton line was carried away through the flooding of the Oreti river. The low lying lands adjacent to Apariina, Matawa, and Oroti rivers were submerged to Rome extent.
We (Wfinganui Chronicle) have been informed on good authority that the Maoris who have an eel woirnb Ateni,up the river, lately got a bucket and a half full of salmon trout fry, which they said measured 3in in length. They describe the fry as delicious in flavor, and very f;it. ] f tin's is a fact, no wonder the Accliinatisa.loii Society have not been .successful in ill a nl mip rirov -w iHi liitim-m
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XVI, Issue 5630, 27 November 1889, Page 2
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