THE WEATHER.

Timaru Herald, Volume XIIIC, Issue 14236, 30 June 1910, Page 5

THE WEATHER.

DAMAGE BY FLOODS. Per Press Association. BLENHEIM, June 29. Heavy rain on Monday and Tuesdaj caused a big flood in Pelorus Valley, and considerable loss of stock. The steamer Wootton, in endeavouring to make Blackball. was caught by die current and collided with the .choon-sr Falcon, damaging the latter to the extent of £'so.

Alfred Creek bridge., in the Pai alley, has been washed away, and the conch sen-ire between Blenheim and Nelson interrupted. The weather now show* signs of clearing. The rain m the "\Ynirau Valley caused the rivers to rise, but they did not overflow their hanks.

The floods :,r, IVlnnis washed away n portion i." two bridges over the Pelonis Kiver on Brownlep • and Go's, trammc \v ii; h is revered with-debris. Tt will nrobnhly be nearly n month be« fore Brownlec" and Co.' will be abl« to resume sawniil'ing.

NELSON, June 29.. There has been heavy eontinous rain for two day; nnd the rivers are nearly all running bank to bank. Considerable areas are inundated in the city and its environs. A pood deal of damage to market gardens and poultry yards is expected, but details are unavailable yet.

Tlie weather at Waimate yesterday was cold and cheerless, and during Tuesday night snow fell fairly heavily, rip-ht alone the adjacent hills to the Gorge. At Halcataramea two inches of snow f-11 and there were prospect* of more. Our Fa : ' correspondent writes:After a w.-i—-, cloudy day, heavy rain Ml at Fairlie on Monday night, putting n little sr.ow on the ranges. Tuesday was dull and threatenine;, fins snow commenced to fall in the rTpninc. and Wednnsdav morning saw the ground covered with an inch of snow. A drizzling rain continued throughout a irnnd de.n.l of the day, meltins thp slight fall of sn'"W from the lower levels and flats. The hills and mountains. however, retained thnir white coating, nlthoun r 'h~ it wns not a deen one. The comhined rain and snow has the roads and pnd'lnoks F-.lnnnv. Fortunatelv a.ll the frost hod thawed out of the ground before the wet onme.