ESCAPING A FLOOD.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXXVII, Issue 12200, 16 July 1910, Page 4

ESCAPING A FLOOD.

A RIVER. BOARD NEEDED.

(Special to Herald.) ..,"-, NAPIER, this day. <■ The timely cessation of the rain saved the district from a. certain -f100d, ,, AIV the river courses were dangerously. high, and the Ngaruroro had . commenced X<> overflow at Pakowhai. A« it:vW/l^,.a big area bf country round Papakura was inundated, but the losses have- been trifling owing to two facts, that each •of the rivers had a good mouth, ' aftd that the rainfall m the country was npt so -heavy as m town combined tjo,--st>aVe off disaster. Nevertheless, the wiiynjng E' i one that should not be lost sight of y those opposed to the formation of. .'a central River Board. » If anything* Meanee had an even narrower escape than at the flood of Mlareh 31sfy wheat water trickled over the bank behind ftlr Devine's property, near the Mission, £lmost at the same spot, but nearer .Mr •Peddie's place. The same thing , occurred, but to a greater degree. For .«■ considerable «distance water came . avier the bank late m the afternoon, land it looked as though nothing could, save Meanee. Mr Parsons and a. band of helpers were hard at work placing sods of grass and, turf on the top of thd bank, but even these proved ineffectual. The only thing that saved Meanee was .the falling of the waters at the psychological moment. During the night the Tutae* kuri went down, and yesterday m6rnin& though high, it; was noti dangerous. ;