ASHBURTON COUNTY COUNCIL.

Press, Volume LXI, Issue 18569, 19 December 1925, Page 25

ASHBURTON COUNTY COUNCIL.

V) » * of the Ashburton County |||s{|wU>4lciye»UrdaY, thero worn present: Pljraps'W. G. Gallagher (chairman), D. |§jjgjfrw. U. B. C. Withall, A. I. Lil|||si Houston, J. Lambie, W. T. Lili, ||lgj w > T. S. Harrison, H. J. Crothers, W&fc' Framptou. HKißnsricial statement showed that after ■PjT payments, of £2130 18s 6d, there RP-'fo a debit balnnco of £15,080 9s 3d. gglsenguicor reported that a heavy flood Kg«embcr 4th and 6th washed away the HSworka at the South Ashburton river. W* Wpaira «wo effected the supply would Hferar bo irregular owing to aoakapre. The MnaL , I1 " ld8 Gorgo races had been BKwr? .*"" other supplies in that disKw »»» maintained. Tho intakes at Hfce**t* in good Order, and had not been ffigjy the floods in tho lUkaia riv<jr, ■wmaito dill supply had been maintain* Hi?" the supply to tho auxiliary race. RJptj* tfeota by the washouts. Tho HUtW B.C.D. races had been irregular. ■Kiftitef'liftd again found its way into BP«ffta water supply race. With re■M9 > 'io the encroachment of the AshB» J teto above Kawle's Ford, the re* Httfetod that heavy floods had lowered BPffllW trees that were placed at the HmoC to the stream, which led to the JH"»iake. Tho Bangitata river had HPwed on its banks below too head-Hg*>-B*paits to the Rakaia Gorge bridgn HHftfcte put in hatid.tui soon ta possible, ■g.frpair* to tho Pudding Hill and TayHKHHam bridges wcro being effected. Hptport was adopted. |R*t*' decided to take logal action against WJW*r* who dtd not pay their rates on or HrOftnUary 81M. It was reported that Hpnn ratss Amounting to about £20,000 Bf?B» ,5* ,ecd *** R rßnt **<» Anama Road SBP/flall cost towards the damage of a BShPT the Council's contractors. It was in future the Council's men Mb to repair reads damaged by theui HMpHag gravel