THE WEATHER.

Taranaki Herald, Volume LIV, Issue 13373, 15 January 1907, Page 2

THE WEATHER.

(Per Press Association.) Cambridge, January To. There has been a& unprecedented rainfall dusring the last two days. Tho Waikato Siver i« higher tfcan for the lat t ' thirty years, taud is still rising. Immense damage has , been don© to grain crops. Hamilton, January 15. Hee-vy rains «re <fa3Hflig- The Waikatd and other divers are in high flood. Sejveral .houseboldera on lowlying, land' had to remove, The pumping 1 'station in, connection with th# town, supply is flooded, and a serious shortage of water is feared.. Telegraph coininufciication with ; the country districts 19 interrupted. There is* very seriows damage' to crops. The floods are the heaviest sine© 1873. Masterton, January 15. The Waing»wa River is flooded. The water is two ioet deep over the road at the - northern approach ol the bridge, which it is feared will be carried away if the flood continues. Auckland, January 15. News continues to arrive from the country, of damage caused by the floods. Numbers of bridges have been washed away " and crops damaged, in some instances ruined. Duoiedin, January 15. The weather is dull and oppressive, but there is no sign of rain. At Cromwell yesterday tho weather was the hottest over experienced in Central Otago, the thermometer registering 148deg. in, the sun and 95 in the shade. Hastings, January 16, ' Consistent rain is falling and abundance of winter feed is assirced.