UPPER ORARI RIVER BOARD.
A meeting 0 f tho Upper Orari River Board was held in Tcniuka. on Thursdav, il r D. Grant presiding. Mr i"'- Richards for compensation for the loss of a. horse drowned in the river, while pulling out willows fo r the ■Board under contract. —Refused Mr.J. Leonard offered up to£lo towards the cost of clearing- willows, corse, and broom in tlie Waihi river-bed ac>E7n;-»-* 3iis land.—Accepted. ' Mr Oeorge Ounlop. of "Waimatc, brought under the Board's notice a etump-pullinsr plant for dca.lin;r with willows and similar trees. —The overseer was instructed 'to ascertain the coet of working the plant. The overseer reported that sine© last meeting the willows in tbe Waihi river, from Pcckham's Crossing down to Jjeonard's boundary, had been cut at the cost of HI 7s 6d, a-nd the men were now continuing on pa«t lieonaj-d's. The contractor for the embankment had not yet made a start.
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Press, Volume LII, Issue 15769, 9 December 1916, Page 6
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