WAIKATO RIVER.
FIVI I'll? AIOVI NORMAL. EFFECT OF HE“? RAISE. BRIDGE “URK INTEREUPTED. After being for many weeks two feet above its normal level for thls time or the year, the “'alkato Rtver rose raptdly following the heavy rain at the lmglnnlng of this week. and to-«lay the level is five; feet nbom normal. The unusually high level throughout the summer ls attrlhutrd tn) the wet scu—suh. At present the water ts very much dlscoloured \vlth clay and nun-g debris washed down. Our eft'ert of the rise has been the ressulinll of some of the work on Ihr Fulrlleht Hl'ing. A start was mmlo )‘Psterthty \\ith the huihltng of the co!l'vr (lulu for pier D. but a rnpld rl5O ('auswl this to hr abandoned tu—‘lluy Work on the superstructure ls pro('t‘Ptltnbf unintcrruptt‘dly. and as it is nut :mlil'iputcrt that [ha rl\‘cr “-111 r?— main :1! its prusvnt helght for Very lung, llu: cnnlrurtnrs hope to culllinlll' twith the cutter dun: in a tow days.
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Waikato Times, Volume 119, Issue 19785, 16 January 1936, Page 6
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164WAIKATO RIVER. Waikato Times, Volume 119, Issue 19785, 16 January 1936, Page 6
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