COX'S CREEK DRAINAGE.

Auckland Star, Volume XLI, Issue 80, 5 April 1910, Page 9

COX'S CREEK DRAINAGE.

lIMENTS: AT VAKIAXCE. ~ J • toBAT DID THE DOCTORS SAT? ' '•nJaeacß has been made from, time to _ meetings -of • the - Grey Lynn ■■;?noli Council to r a. scheme . for "the 301 pVdiaiiage of Cox's Creek. At the fTmeetino- r of J the Council the Mayor I iSy Holder o1 ** 1 )'; remarked Ithat ins. ? ant understand why the City P?- ;■ should 'have stated that doctors •Si reported adversely on Mr. H. W. TO S scheme, and ; that as it appeared tore were no "such reports, he (the En- ; Steer) must .have been romancing. A ftter was read at last night's meeting l«f the Cbnwal from the Town Clerk (Mr. %r iff Wflson) replying to the Mayor's JLrvstw ll3 - To remove an false, imresaon. tie Clerk mentioned that- the Ltemeat in the City Enginer>s report re- * icired ; to : the expression of opinion by Tirs Valintine and Purdy at the time of to Cos's Creek, when they were I and not to any written reports, although from Press reports subsequently Ijnadeit would appearthat the Grey Lynn Cotadl had received from Dr. Purdy a fi letter confirming the attitude ' which the I City Engineer attributed to .-the 'doctor on this particular question. ■• ;'.'■■ lie May or thought it was very-strange flat 'they had not previously heard the doctor's'condemnation ■of Mr. Wilson's ajhemej.in.faet, they had' a report from •f?jj£ Pnrdy. in the opposite : direction to Ew6t'3fr.'Bush.had stated. He did not it the.right thing, for. the City " Engineer' to present such a report to his Council, especially when the Grey Lynn '■■< Cmmdl lad a written report from Dr. '■" ■pnrdjr, stating that he would like to see - jlr. .Wilson's" scheme carried out. Mr. ■Warnock explained that he was ftandhtg as close as anyone to the doctors wtoa they were finishing up the -■•■■■■" tasiaess at the creek, and what he dis- ' iinctly remembered hearing was a remark ly.Dr. Talintine. that the scheme was JeamUc, and he would like to see the engineeis of the two bodies confer and sirßmif; to him the -proposals agreed upon. ■■' Mr. Garland considered the scheme put = •'■ forward was practicable, and -would overcome a nuisance that had existed for a ; long time" in their midst. Speaking un- : ; officially to -the Health Officer quite re • ~ cently, .the Jatter had stated that Mr. s ■'■■ JVilson's scheme was sensible and-useful. ' Tie' Mayor mentioned that the matter :A was being dealt with by a committee.