STORMY WEATHER.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXXIX, Issue 12816, 16 July 1912, Page 5

STORMY WEATHER.

GALE* AT NELSON,

FLOODS IN CANTERBURY.

(Preas Assn.— By Telegraph.— Copyright.)

SYDNEY, July 15. Stormy conditions, with heavy general rain, continue.

Shipping is sheltering. The weather is bitterly cold. (Received July 16, 10.45 a.m.) SYDNEY, July 16. . Many vessels have been delayed by rough weather. The "Victorian Government's dredge, 713 days out from Rotterdam, put m for shelter. She narrowly escaped swamping, and was short of supplies. AUCKLAND, this day. A very heavy gale last night delayed the departure of the Maheno for Sydney from 11.5 till 1 a.m.. The wind was so strong that the vessel after leaving her berth at the Queen street wharf, was carried up the harbor, and might have gone aground had not a line been got ashore at the Hobson street wharf. The gale is moderating. The Maheno backed out and steamed down the harbor. NAPIER, this day. A phenomenally heavy sea was running m the bay all day, and yesterday the parade parapet was frequently topped by the waves. A magnificent spectacle was presented at the breakwater, immense bodies of water, sweeping over the structure. The Monowai was unable to lie at the wharf, and the passengers from north had to be landed by tender. NELSON, last night. A south-east gale — the worst experienced for some years — was experienced to-night. During the height of the blow a small tower on the Methodist church was demolished, trees were uprooted and much damage was done to fencing. CHRISTCHURCH, this day. The floods continue m North Canterbury and the water still lies so deeply about Flaxton, Southbrook and Kaiapoi that no fair estimate of the damage can bo arrived at.

The weather continues extremely bad. It was raining- yesterday and to-day, and the rivers are again high. There has been a heavy snowfall m the back country and over the high country to the north. The telegraph lines are interrupted.

A special warning was despatched to Gisborne from Wellington last night, as fpllows : — The Dominion meteorologist notifies east to south-east gale, with heavy rain and rivers rising. The weather conditions to-day were decidedly unpromising, and Gisborne will be fortunate if it misses the southeasterly storm which is raging elsewhere. At Napier the sea is described as very heavy, also at Cape Campbell, where a south-easterly gale is raging. There was rain during the night at Taupo, Napier, New Plymouth, Wanganui (rainfall 0.12 inch), Wellington (0.61 inch), and rain was falling this morning at Russell, Kawhia, Taupo, East Cape, Gisborne, Napier, Cape Palliser, Cape Campbell, Christchurch (where snow was also falling), Timarui and Oamaru. There were passing showers at Auckland, Wellington, and Greymouth, and a drizzle at Wanganui, whilst Hokianga had the accompaniment of thunder.