SAFETY OF MANUKAU BRIDGES
AN IN-PrT'TION TO BK MADE. j A paragraph in tiie report, of the| engineer t-i the Maintkan County Ooi.n-| <-]] ('Mr. l.opd-ell) witli reference to! repa rs ne,-es.Hiirv n> the Maungaroa' Wricltre. between' Il.nvi.k and caused ;i iliscussioii at this morning's meeting of the Manukau <'otinty Council as to the safety of the bridges (jiil the district. Mr. A. K. Ilattaway. the rid member, sa:<l that if anything happened at the Manii(jaroa it would be a dip drop, as tho bridge was a very liifr'n one Reference was made to tlie recent sad aci-idervt at Henderson when a bridge collapsed, and it was Mig-ffested .by one of the me-mbers tliat the Mannkail County Council should have a look uut its bridges, an.l s,.p if any of them siioi.hi h«vp warning not <es. Finally it was that the engineer and the riJine; inemuer should inspwt the various bridges in each riding, and d«vjde whether any were in such a state a-- to need no-tk-es limiting the load to be taken across.
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Auckland Star, Volume LII, Issue 57, 8 March 1921, Page 2
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