BAD DAYS
IN POVERTY BAY HEAVY RAIN AFFECTS ROADS SUNKEN STEAMER SMASHED'BY SEAS (Per Press Aejociation). GISBORNE, Dec. 27. During the Christinas holidays bad weather was experienced in Poverty Bay, rain falling consistently throughout Saturday and Sunday, with occasional showers to-day. Rivers and creeks in the Waiapu district are run uing high and cars experience difficulty in getting through to Kosiorea and further north. Car traffic between Gisborne and Mo tn is impossible owing to the bad state of Otoko Hill. Yesterday and to-day rough seas played havoc with, the hulk Afonowfci, which was sunk at Whareongaoua c-n December 17, to form a breakwater to secure stone for the harbour works in Gisborne. Heavy seas washed hlalf the Monowai away, leaving the bow with a bad list.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 19731, 28 December 1926, Page 7
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127BAD DAYS Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 19731, 28 December 1926, Page 7
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