HEAVY RAIN

Wairarapa Daily Times, 15 June 1931, Page 5

HEAVY RAIN

+ FLOODS IN butt VALLEY. (By Telegraph—Press Association.) WELLINGTON, Sunday.

Rain during the'-past two or three days has been steady in the hills, and the Hutt River has again flooded. Some of the low-lying lands in the Valley have been covered with water and bridges on the Akatarawa T!oad damaged. In the Taita Gorge the scouring of the main road to the Wairarapa, which 'began in the last big flood, has resumed and workmen are finding it difficult to keep the way open for traffic.

flood at otaki. OTAKI, Saturday. , Heavy rain AA’as responsible for further floods.' Water ontered the shops, and the railway Avas inundated for several acres, but it in no way interfered Avith traffic. All rivers are fairly high, but the floods are subsiding. IN THE WAIRARAPA. Heavy rain during the Aveek-cnd had its effect on the Wairarapa rivers but no damage is reported. The road at Te Ore Ore near the Ruamahanga river bridge AA r as under Avater for a period, and there was a little Avater on the main highAvay near the Waioliine river bridge.