Post by NZBC on Feb 17, 2010 21:24:04 GMT 12
The Ashley river is high again to-day and dangerous to ford. A Chinese gardener from Rangiora, in attempting to cross at the upper food this morning with a load of vegetables, had his trap overturned. He managed to paddle out and also to save. his horse, but his trap remains bottom up in the stream, and his stock is for the most part on its way to the sea Star , Issue 6406, 27 November 1888, Page 3