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The morning of the surf carnival held at Waikanae Beach in honour of the visiting Australian surrers was warm enough to make the visitors feel really at home--but a southerly buster of the coldest variety blew up and conditions for the carnival became most unpleasant.

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Summer flood pictures are "a dime a dozen" in Gisborne this season. These show what happened in Ngatapa in the December flood, when the road became a river.
View of Ngatapa new "river" from the school-master's residence

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The "road" between the hall and the school-master's house. Flooding was considered worse than in 1948.