WEIR ON THE AVON

Press, Volume LXV, Issue 19645, 14 June 1929, Page 6

WEIR ON THE AVON

WORK TO PROCEED. SPENDING FORGOTTEN FUNDS. A .weir will be built on the Avon by the, Canterbury Bowing Association with, the money raised by a floral fete over 25 years ago, an<l held in trust by the City Gouncil ever since. ' The fund, which can be used only to improve the river for rowing, had been forgotten until a month or bo ago. Though details have not been arranged, the City Council has agreed to hand over the money, the Drainage Board has sanctioned the erection of the weir subject to certain conditions, so that a wooden dam to deepen the river will soon be built, probably on the City side of Dudley creek, about half a mile from the present one. The £4OO has now grown to £7OO 6s lid, so a letter from the Town Clerk, read at last night's meeting. of the Rowing Association, stated. Five hundred pounds of it had been invested in the destructor and sanitary works loan debentures, due on June 30th, 1930, and £2OO in Christchurch roading loan debentures, due on July sth, .1965. The sum of 6s Id was being held as cash in hand. The secretary (Mr E. J. Hobbs) said that the debentures were in £SO bonds, and they would have had to lose the interest if they had not found someone ■who would take them over. The president (Mr F. D. Kesteven) had agreed to do this, so this had simplified matters considerably. Mr Kesteven was thanked for his generous act. Continuing, Mr Hobbs said that Cr. Sullivan had told him. that, whatever was done, would be under the supervision of the Council and the City Engineer. They would keep an eye j on the spending of the money, besides seehig that there would be no fear of the dam causing flooding. Dr. Telford, Medical Officer of Health, had also asked to be consulted before anything \ was done. The work would cost I about £4OO. I A member: Will he have any ob- ] jection to the dam? j The chairman: He has no objections, but he will be consulted as a matter of course. The Drainage Board's letter sanctioned the erection of a dam of a permanent nature in the Avon in the vicinity of the present dam, provided the height thereof was in accordance with the provisions of the Board's Act, and provided the locality and design of such conformed to the engineers requirements. The Act outhonsing dams to be built prohibited the Board from incurring an expenditure on them. . The Drainage Board was drawing the plans, Mr Hobbs said, and they would be submitted and probably approved at next Tuesday's meeting of the Board. Then they could go straight ahead. ~ , iU The chairman (Mr Kesteven), the ; secretary (Mr Hobbs), and Mr R. E. Ni<rh tin Tale were appointed a committee" to go ahead with the work so soon as details should be approved. Mr Hobbs explained further that the new weir -vould probably be on the City side of Dudley creek, half a mile or bo further down than the present one. It would be of wood, prooably with a thirty-foot platform on either side, so that a "four" could be carried along. "How are we going to take o\c. the money?" asked a member "In £SO bonds as we need i M l suopose," replied the chairman. i<l supose we ought not to censure the Citv Council for tioing some or the money up in 1965 bonds," suggested aD «Oh, r 'that will be left for our children "' said Mr Kesteven. Mr W S. Godfrey thought that an excellent way of using the rest of the money would be m dredging he course. All knew that the weir w«u,A tr ; nd to silt the river up, and dredging would hav? to be done in a i-w chairman: Thai will be a good thing to turn our aands to when wc have got the weir ouilt.

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