EAST COAST FLOODS
OPOTIKI AND GISBORNE SEVERAL ROADS BLOCKED DAMAGE TO MAIZE CROPS [Per Pre** Asßociatlon. ] GISBORNE, Jan. 14. Heavy rains fell all last night and to-day in. the Opotiki district, and several rivers have overflowed their banks. This evening the Waiotahi River, ou the Opotiki-Whakatane Road, was in flood. Six feet of water is reported on the road and passengers from the Taneatua express were unable to reach Opotiki. On another side of Opotiki the Waiawa River, at the junction of the coast and Mo.tu roads, had risen ten feet and no cars can reach Motu or Tekaha. Slips are also reported on the Meremere Road between Opotiki and Motu. The only other exit from Opotiki is by | the Waioeka Road, the main road to Gisborne. A service car left at. 7.45 to-night for Gisborne and returned at 9 o’clock reporting that the road was blocked bv a slip extending for two chains in the Waioeka Gorge. Heaw damage has been done to several maize crops in the Opotiki district. Only light rain fall in Gisborce to-day.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 79, Issue 12, 15 January 1936, Page 7
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178EAST COAST FLOODS Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 79, Issue 12, 15 January 1936, Page 7
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