HEAVY RAIN
FLOODS IN NORTH CANTERBURY. (Per United Press Association.! CHRISTCHURCH, September 22. Steady rain set in shortly after noon on Tuesday, and continued without intermksion till 0.30 to-night, a fall of nearly 21 inches being recorded in the city and more in the country. All the rivers are running high and creeks on the Peninsula and elsewhere are in Hood. It is reported the: a large number of lambs have been lost. At Kaikoura the Lyall creek overilowed and flooded the western end of the township. stocks in the shops not raised above the Hour level being damaged. A gang of men opened up the mouth of the creek and allowed the water to get, away, thus relieving the situation. Slips have blocked traffic north and pout!) in the Kaikoura district. Several inches of snow fell on back country statio.is. At Akarua 5.72 inches of rain fell in 21 hours.
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Southland Times, Issue 18935, 23 September 1920, Page 5
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151HEAVY RAIN Southland Times, Issue 18935, 23 September 1920, Page 5
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