THE LATE RAINS

Timaru Herald, Volume XIIC, Issue 13645, 13 July 1908, Page 6

THE LATE RAINS

Residents of Pleasant Point in town on Saturday described ihe damage to the Saleyards road bridge. The Tengawai uuderscoured. the timbering of the boutiierii >wing of the approach, and as this was formed of loose- river shingle it fell down as ia*/t as • the stream could cany it away, until a pit about iJui . long had been made hi the approacn. tins only needs . filling to res-Loie tlie bridge to .usefulness. ' . A small bridge at Tpzer's, Levels Valley, >vu6 carried away Mr Biack, Levels county surveyor, Ik.s beta over a good many huris ol roaa, and lie .finds' that a large aggregate oi damage has been done by the hood, by scouring oh! niei.ul and excavating guitcis along and across roads. ' The Geraldine-Teniuka road has suffered severely in two or three places from the recent- - floods.. Opposite ,Mr De -Itenzy s homestead the road is completely scouted, and the same state of things obtains in both approaches to the Winchester bridge. Little or no damage seems-to have been done to the land, and the wheat on both .sides 'of 'he road is coming away well.

IHE FLOODS' SUBSIDING,

MORE HOPEFUL OUTLOOK.

Per Presß Association.

DUXEDIX, July 11.

Thj floods on the Xaierr plains are rapidly subsiding, and. the river lias gone back to bomuhing, approaching norma! conditions. /■;

A great deal of country is .still under water, but all danger is at an. end. While the damage has been considerable; it hus not ISO fir as can be ascertained been so large as might have been-expected. Hie largest sufferers are . the most inaccessible and consequently in T foinlation concerning their losses is meagre. With but few exceptions the .setUej's anticipated, danger and removed most if l -no t all' of tlieir itock to higher ground and as the crop is not sown on ■; the bulk of the submerged ground the loss from that source is not extensive. ' ' ;

One of the most serious aspects' is the providing of food fojr. dairy--'ca. tie. for the next month -or two. In ' the Henley district where dairying is carried on oil rather a large scale there is, every probability of there being a large deposit of silt on the land and the grass must inevitably be destroyed in a measure by the -\Vater lying so long upon it.

FOREST SUFFERS SEVERELY.

R ARBITER'S TERRIBLE EX- , PERIENCES. DUXEDIX, July 12. Advices from state that the Government forest plantation suffered severely as a result of the snow,, about half of the trees beeing crushed by weight. The cold is intense. Farmers in the. outlying districts" . are suffering severely, and much anxiety is felt for isola ed miners and rabbiters in the back country. -

Mr James McCormack, -a> rabbiter, had a terrible experience.: He left Naseby for Kyeburn on Tuesday, -and got caught in the snowstorm. He took shelter in a small cave till Friday morning, without food or fire, and was then driven out by the cold and hunger. With let! so severely frost-bitten as to be useless, he crawled over three miles to ail outlying house, reaching it on Friday nigW. It is expected that amputation of both feet will be necessary. Parties set out on snow shoes yesterday to relieve isolated persons, ■ and 1 aspecial parly set off for a- point 45 milfs up the Government Race, where there are three "race 'employees/ Messrs Crawford, Gordon, and Farguliar.