HEAVY RAIN AT OPOTIKI
I (Preea Aaaocdation.) I :-•'■■ ;' OPOTIKI, This I>ay. Rain set. in last Fridiay morning, ! amdl cointoimuieid aimasti incessantly .'till midnight-of last night.' Yester- ! day the storm increased in 'violence., j The rivers rose x and overflowed their banks, all the low-lying country being ootvered. Most *of the isihopkeepers -worked .. omi Smnd'ay. lifting the stoob..above-;:,.the floods level, buti the ; istiorm abated and the rain ceased at midnight. ■ The town.is, noti flooded, and it is not antidpabed thatb there will : be atoy '"' loss of ililock, ais the owners i had plenty of warma-ngi t© nemoive ! to high areas. The wealther U now finie, and tihe rivers are subsiding. ■
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Thames Star, Volume LII, Issue 13967, 18 August 1919, Page 2
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