FLOOD RAVAGES

Waikato Times, Volume 119, Issue 19816, 21 February 1936, Page 8

FLOOD RAVAGES

TRANSPORT DISLOCATION. RAIL AND ROAD BERVIOEB. STANDSTILL IN CANTERBURY. <By Telegraph.—Press Association.) CHRISTCHURGH, Friday. With bridges washed away, and others weakened by scouring to suoh an extent they are unsafe for traffic, there Is a serious dislocation to-day of rail and road transport In Canterbury. The only railway Una clear this morning was the Midland line, but no passenger services were Gangs working throughout the night repaired a big wash-out at Staircase Gully and at. six o’clock it was possible to get goods trains through to Arthurs Pass. On the north line, no trains were run this morning north of Rangiora, out railway officials state they hope to dc able to have the damage repaired in time for the afternoon trains to run further north. The Hood waters were also very high in the Selwyn River this morning and the south express had to travel very slowly over the bridge causing a delay in the time of arrival at Ashburton where transhipments are being made. Attempts to run the usual motor services from Christchurch to Blenheim this morning were not successful owing to bridges being washed away. RIOTS IN SPAIN. ATTACKS ON QAOLB. RELEASE OF PRISONERS. CLASHES WITH THE POLICE. United Press v.«sn. —Elec. Tei. Copyright. (Received Feb. 21, 3.50 p.m ) MADRID, Feb. 20. While Senor Azana and his colleagues are drawing up an amnesty formula reports are arriving from many parts of attacks on gaols, the wrecking of local headquarters of the Rightists, and the burning of churches. A procession of 20,000 people went to the Corunna gaol. The guards allowed a deputation to take 17 prisoners, w r ho were carried •shoulderhigh to the City Hall, where the demonstration dissolved peacefully. A crowd at Gijon freed the inmates of two prisons. Demonstrators at Alicante came into collision with the police, who fired, two being killed and two wounded, after, which martial law was reimposed. Prisoners in the .reformatory' mutinied and 'set fire to the buildings, which the troops surrounded. Don Emielio Inglesias, ex-Ambassa-dor to Brazil was arrested on a charge of attempting to falsify election returns at Lalin. The crowd yelled: “We want Inglesias’ head.’’ Attacks on Catholics. Extremists set fire to the offices of Catholic newspapers. burned a Catholic convent to the ground, and sacked the headquarters of the Popular Action party. Demonstrators at Murcia wrecked the printing presses of the Catholic newspaper Truth and set fire to the building.