THE WAIMAKARIRI.

Press, Volume LXIV, Issue 19311, 16 May 1928, Page 7

THE WAIMAKARIRI.

MEETING OF TRUST. The Waimakariri River Trust met yesterday, when there were present :-• Messrs John Wood (chairman), J. A. Flesher, J. Leslie, A. Manhire, H. E. Evans, R. O. Dixon, J._ H. Blackweli F. "W. Froemari, and G. Witty, MP. It was decided to offer the Eyre County Council the sum of £250 to provide approaches to' the. proposed new concrete Skew . bridge over the Oust main drain. The Reserves Committee reported having inspected the old North Branch and recommended that endeavours be made to have all lands vested in the Trust, and that when these were gazetted survey plans of each should be prepared so that areas might be dealt with.

The committee reported that particulars of the areas to be acquired on the north bank had been handed to the Trust's solicitors, and it was hoped shortly to have these areas vested in the Trust for river protection purposes. , The report was adopted. The Works Committee's report stated that the works superintendent had notified that the dredgemaster had resigned his position. The engineer explained that his resignation had been put in as a result of a deduction from Bryce's time owing to his absence without leave, but that he had asked to withdraw his resignation,.-which had been agreed to. The committee recommended that the engineer's action be approved.. The /committee recommended that the recommendation of the engineer that a further progress payment of £l5O- - granted to the contractor, who is carrying out the work of removing the rock at the railway bridge, be given effect to.

The engineer submitted conditions dealing with the removal of shingle from the riverbed and it was recommended that this be adopted. With regard to the proposed "drift" crossing to be put in, in lieu of a bridge over the Eyre diversion, it was recommended that the erection of the bridge be proceeded with. It was reported to the committee by Mr Evans that the counties concerned had met the Main Highways BoarlT and it was agreed that a new concrete bridge should be : put in, in lieu of heightening the present Skew bridge over the Cust main drain. The report was adopted.

At the Griffin Inn, at Whetstone, stands an old stone on which the army of Edward IV. are said to have sharpened their swords on the way to the Battle of Barnet, on April 14th, 1471. When it was heard that the inn was to be reconstructed it wag feared that this historic stone would be removed. This is not so, however; the stone is to remain on the spot on which it stood oh the day of the battle. The Griffin Inn itself was made famous by George Morland, the painter, who, on finding himself unable to pay his bill for herrings and gin, "paid" it by painting a sign' for the inn. The sign was lost during a snowstorm thirty years ago. The commonseiiEe remedy, "NAZOL," goes right to ihe root of the trouble. For coughs, colds, ani all chest and lung complaints. 60 doses for Is 6d. —3