HEAVY FLOODS.

Waikato Times, Volume 120, Issue 19942, 20 July 1936, Page 8

HEAVY FLOODS.

~A+—-—~ l INVASION AT WHAKATANE. MAIN HIGHWAYS BLOCKED. ‘ \\‘HAKATANE. Sunday. Heavy rain at Whakatane last night resulted in flooding of the river. \\’ater Invaded several houses, traffic is de—layed. and loss of stock is reported. The main road to Rotorua and Tauranga is bloc‘ked io-night and there is no thoroughfare to the “'hakatane Bridge, both the approaches or which cannot be passed by motorists. All highways will be open to-mor—-row e'xcepi, possibly. the road between Whakatane and Opotlkl. The Tarawera and ‘Rangitaiki Rivers have flooded In places and the sea has env crouched at Olamarakau. FALL IN THE NORTH. DAMAGE TO MAIL VAN. KAI’I‘AIA, Sunday. In the far north the first heavy rain for about six months fell and me mail \'an opcralh‘ig from the railhoad at Otii'iu was trappc'd on a flooded section of the road at, Mangamukn, \\'ater poured into the vehicle and damaged the. mails. The driver nlightcd and was up in his neck in \\'alcr, which. however, receded rapldly. Although the‘ mail was saturated, pnslnl omrials wr‘rc able to sort it. except. for nne Img, \\'hirh cannnt he handled until the letlers haw: dried.