GALE IN THE SOUTH
INDESCRIBABLE SCENES. TELEGRAPH WIRES LOWERED. INCIDENTS AT THE TROTS. (By - Pr*»«s 'iwvnn i CHRISTCHURCH, Wednesday. A gale brought down the lelegri ph wires near Amberley, south of k'aikoura and near Sockburn, probably due to falling trees. Gangs arc now repairing the damage. Many sheds were unroofed in and around the city. Conditions al Hie Trots at Addington for a time were indescribable, it being impossible to walk against .the gale. Hats were blown in all directions. Before the first race it was impossible for a limo to open the shutters of the outside totalisalor.
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Waikato Times, Volume 110, Issue 18405, 12 August 1931, Page 8
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