DRAINAGE AT BIRKENHEAD.

Auckland Star, Volume LVII, Issue 59, 11 March 1926, Page 12

DRAINAGE AT BIRKENHEAD.

1 ' n , SEWERAGE SCHEME, URGED. t In a communication read at the Birkenhead Borough Council last, even- [ ing, Dr. ,H. Chesson, medical officer of , health, noted that the question of a 1 drainage scheme was to be discussed I further in the financial year. He urged the council to make this the first matter for consideration on the estimates, as it was essential that no time should be lost !'in'improving upon the present very un- •! satisfactory method of disposal of night- ' soil. .] A letter from Mr. A. Harris, M.P., »j stated: "All money in the State ■ Advances Department is being used for ■ assisting settlers and workers, and none ! ' is available for advances to local bodies. It is possible, however," that money for ■ your purpose may be obtained from some I other Government Department." The Mayor, Mr. E. G. Skeates, said I 1 Mr. Harris had left for Wellington that evening. Birkenhead was more difficult to drain -, than Northcote, and with the experience lof the cost of the latter installation, the amount required for Birkenhead would probably' be not less than £75,000. One Government Department was pressing for expenditure by the council, and another Department was unable to lend the money necessary to carry out that work, should the ratepayers sanction a loan.