NO BREAK IN STORM.
FLOODS INCREASE IN COUNTRY. MAIL SERVICES DISORGANISED. Heavy rain in the city and reports of continuous rain in the country gave every indication to-day that the damage caused by the storm might be much more serious than was anticipated. Telegraphic communication w.th the North Island, is maintained under groat, difficulties. The West Coast Mail route is impassable, and mails are being sent by way of Wellington. North Canterbury mails ere being sent only as far as Rangiora. Springston on the South bridge line and Springfield on the West Coast lino are the present mail termini. Hammer is completely cut off, and the mail cars did not attempt to run to-day. Kaikoura is isolated from both ends, owing to wash-outs on the* roads, and the washing away of bridges.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 17035, 8 May 1923, Page 7
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132NO BREAK IN STORM. Star (Christchurch), Issue 17035, 8 May 1923, Page 7
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