WATER SUPPLY.

Press, Volume LIII, Issue 15895, 8 May 1917, Page 8

WATER SUPPLY.

WAIMAKAttHtI-JSHLEY BOAEB. Tiio la.«t meeting of tSe Waim»kariri,A»fc. ley S-upplv Board w.v» attended by Messrs Dixon (chairman), Ryan, Cooper, tod Moderate. The surveyor reported that during previous 28 days tho daily avxTagn depth of water on sill of intake at Brownfe Rode he«dTvorlas bad boon 4ft 3in. and during y>» eAtno period th© daily average depth of passing tho fluiiio at Block cutting had been •2ft Tin, giving a full supply to tho diaUici. The rivor remained in :i 1 avourahio' po«it*m, and if anything lite situation wis improve, liio tovra had been employed oertrmjj ji water-iace lords wilJi eoncreto jtipeb, *i>d carting The Board's rtots in th« CuiW township bad been cleaned, also «om« nogfleoied ones, tbo <xet of which would b» chwfod to own em. Messrs Rccvce and Cootawn wrote asking permission to alter a. roi» so as to supply their home. Granted on the usual terms. The necrotaiy wn« ordered to write to «or«. ;al ratepayers jwgarding tampering with »ad altering races without and to state that proceedings would 1m tajcen usder the Act if further interference wens indulged in. In regard to a letter from Mean* Joynt end Andrew® regarding races being left dirty at tlio end of a tenant's loa.se, the anmjor was requested to inspect tho raocs of with the ranger and report to next maeVill". It was unanimously resolved that all outstanding rates and race-cloaning account* bo sued for. _ . The enrveyor was requested to inspect th« race at Mr John Forbes, jun.'s, Cunt, and report.