DISTRICT NEWS
[From, Our Own Correspondent-3
MAURICE VILLE WEST.
r Heavy flood rain hag fallen for seventeen hours from a ecuth-easteri.jr I direction. Consequently the rivers,, which bad net subsided from a ssmilar downpodr en- Friday innontnpng,, w-ere runiiing bank .high, and it-he-'highest fiocd experienced for jrnra took place. Many slips and washouts have occurred on the roads, ass. ■well as> private property. A larget auniibcir of motorists were held up, aiad wore compelled to iliake ito the train.
The local ranger is working energetically to keep the road el'ear of stock, sometimes catching igtock belonging to tppndons who 'have every ■right to set a better 'example. Wood-cutting for the 'butteir factory. e,s employing quite a miraibeir of lianids. A& a busy season is anticipated a large quantity of fuel may lift required. Tihe School Committee has decided' to hold lari assembly dance on Saturday jvght next, and tci ihold a grarad: aopijil find dance fbr the purpose of giving faipuecinenit and to fcfelp these] icol 'fuinds generally. A good timeis. pvctoised to irHrfsrling visitors.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10673, 20 July 1912, Page 5
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