WAIMAKARIRI RISES DURING NIGHT, BUT GOES DOWN AGAIN.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 18586, 11 October 1928, Page 2

WAIMAKARIRI RISES DURING NIGHT, BUT GOES DOWN AGAIN.

WAS SIX FEET ABOVE NORMAL AT MIDNIGHT. The Waimakariri River rose to a height of ten feet four inches at half past twelve this morning (six feet above normal), but by eight o’clock it had fallen a foot and was still falling in. the back country. Many fluctuations in the level of the Waimakariri River were recorded yesterday, and some concern was felt by the Trust’s patrolmen when a message was received from Brown’s Rock at 5 p.m. that the river was sft 6in above normal. This rise, and an extra six inches, was recorded at White’s Bridge seven hours later, at midnight last night. Six feet above normal was the reading at White’s Bridge early yesterday morning, in consequence of heavy rain ir» the back country. Then the level declined steadily throughout the morning, And towards evening the flood was ol between four and five feet. Another message from Brown’s Rock stated that, though the river had been sft 6in above normal at five o’clock, it had, by 7.30 p.m., dropped six inches. At 10.30 p.m. it was reported from White’s Bridge that, the water had risen only two inches in the last hour, and was then sft Bin above normal. A reading at 11.45 p.m. showed*six feet above normal. Men were not on patrol duty last night. The same level was recorded at 12.45, ajn.. and no further rising was expected.