RECENT FLOODS AT OTAKI.
(Post Correspondent.)
Otaki, Saturday
Owing to the damage caused by the recent ilood, tho Waitohu sawmill lias closed down, and thirty hands have been thrown out of employment. The wholo of the tramway has been absolutely ruined, bridges ;:ml all having gone. The damage is estimated at over £300.
Many other serious losses are reported. One Chinese gardener lost £150 in potatoes and peas alone. A. European gardener adjoining estimates his loss at over £100.
The damage throughout the district to roads, bridges, railway, etc., must involve many thousands of pounds.
The rainfall on Monday and Tuesday totalled i, 1 c inches, the fall on the hills bi'ing much heavier.
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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume LVI, Issue 8628, 10 December 1906, Page 5
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114RECENT FLOODS AT OTAKI. Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume LVI, Issue 8628, 10 December 1906, Page 5
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