MAUNGAKAWA DRAINAGE BOARD.

Auckland Star, Volume LIII, Issue 161, 10 July 1922, Page 3

MAUNGAKAWA DRAINAGE BOARD.

CONKIKMI.Vi; OF lIATK. LEFT IX ABEYANCE. A meeting of the Maunsrakawa Druluuse Board was held In Mr. Wale , * bouse on W'Kluesday aftprnoon for. the purp i.~ ( . .if confirming tbu rate struck at tlie la.-t meetIng, held on June 0. There were prau-iit: Messrs. 11. l>. Hewitt (chairman;. K. Kyte. •I. U. Wuodruffe, 11. (.n.wtln-r. and \V. .1. Elliott. After a motion that the r.-i t,- klk.iilil !„. | confirmed had been pi" ti [lit- ui-etiiia, i-on-Mrteralilf ciscUMslon Umk |jlai-e as tv (he [ advisability or on with the srhpme arranged at last meeting. uwlng tv the hard times existing, the members rhon^bt ihK expense that thp .*heme would entull ! would not lie jnstiKed li_v the benefits ]■, u>I derived. Much of rbe land that was rated J was dr» land, (hat derived IH) lieueiii at all 1., tT'lifr'hf members thought the ! i.c left over until conilitions ""improved However, it was c-onsidereU that the rite pavers should lie consulted in the matter l>efore further proeeediui'.s were taken The following motion, proposed by Mr. Wwdroffe and seconded by Mr. Kyte. was paseed:_ •That the contirmatioa of the,rate be di ferred until after• a ?eneral mating of the ratepayers is held to review the position of the board's finances, the chalrnnu to arrange a meeting of ratepayers In the "i> Miro school ou a suitable date/