SEA ENCROACHMENT.
RENEWED AT HOKITIKA.
[By Telegraph—Press Association.]
HOKITTKA, Monday.
The condition of affairs on the sea front continues to be very serious. During the last few days the spring tidos have caused a savage attack on the ■protective works, which have .boon badly shattered by enormous wavys battering close in shore. The main attack at present is at the roar of Johnston's warehouse, and hero to-day the protective works erected uy the owners gave way, and the sea is eating in behind, Property-holders in the affected area are removing household goods, fearing further incursion to-night. The work of erecting groynes has been proceeding very leisurely, and in view of the serious position much public concern is expressed.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/WDT19140512.2.22
Bibliographic details
Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume LXVI, Issue 11975, 12 May 1914, Page 5
Word Count
118SEA ENCROACHMENT. Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume LXVI, Issue 11975, 12 May 1914, Page 5
Using This Item
National Media Ltd is the copyright owner for the Wairarapa Daily Times. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International licence (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of National Media Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in