ALMOST A DELUGE
RAIN IN CANTERBURY BENEFIT TO FARMERS (Per Press Association.) CHRISTCHURCH, this day. The heaviest rain for two months fell in Canterbury last evening, proving a godsend to farmers, as it will ensure good wheat crops. In tho city, the fall almost amounted to a deluge, and with the gutters overflowing, tho streets presented a flooded appearance. One feature of tho storm was a whirlwind of singular intensity, but in a restricted area, which swept along the Cashmere hills in the vicinity of St. Martin’s, and did damage to gardens and lifted seed trays, turf, and small plants high in the air. At one place, it cut a distinct track through a paddock of strawberries, scattering the plants. Several telephone wires and windows were broken.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXI, Issue 18559, 20 November 1934, Page 7
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127ALMOST A DELUGE Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXI, Issue 18559, 20 November 1934, Page 7
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