THE WEATHER.
FLOODS IX CHRISTCm-RCII. (Per Press Association ) Christchurch, Last Night. Heavy r.;in set in last night nn;l continued to-day. The lover parts m tlie city and suburbs wore Hooded. RAIX AT ASnuniTOX. Ashburton, Last Xight. Heavy rain set in I'.ore rd mot P o’flock last evening and continued very r.teajlilv up till !) o’clock this moraine;. The measurement recorded was’ l.dd inches, and up till I o’clock this afternoon an additional 1.00 Juc‘Hcs fell, making a total for ihr' -0 hours oi' 2.id inches. dho rain is at times torrential, and is provi'ur too much for the town drainlira, hut iu the country it is hound in do an immense amount of goed to the land, nriie espofially in helpin'; to destroy the grass grub which has been cjuite a incuac? lately.
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Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXIX, Issue 95, 12 June 1911, Page 5
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132THE WEATHER. Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXIX, Issue 95, 12 June 1911, Page 5
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