Doubts About Need For Sewers At Darfield

Press, Volume CVIII, Issue 31863, 16 December 1968, Page 24

Doubts About Need For Sewers At Darfield

Would Darfield’s new highpressure water supply lead o to the installation of sewers? c asked Cr E. McK. Gardner at ti a meeting of the Malvern w County Council on Friday, b “Darfield is on free-drain- c ing country, with no underground water, and I would p hope it would be many years ; before sewers are necessary,” g said the chairman (Mr C. O. n Redfern). ii Under the Water and Soil u Conservation Act. the council might be required to do some- f thing, said Cr D. W. Mulholland. There might be pollu- s tion of underground streams, . and this was applying to dairy farmer* “at the lower f end’’ already. t The council was told that Darfield ratepayers, at a publie meeting, had voted unknimously to ask the council to go ahead with the water supply scheme. “There was no opposition. • People realise what the water » supply will mean to Darfield, and are asking when they p will get it. We should pro- k ceed without delay,” said Mr a Redfern. 11 Lake Lyndon.—Public lav- ( atories would be built at Lake s Lyndon before the end of fc February, said the county en- v gineer (Mr W. J. Bevis). I

Crossings.—The new lights on the Wrights Road level crossing at Sheffield came into operation on Thursday, It was reported. It was agreed to close the Garage Road crossing. Irrigation.—The council approved in principle of the siting of the proposed irrigation demonstration farm on mixed farming land on heavier soil, rather than on the lighter land at Kirwee and to inform the Derailment of Agriculture of its decision. Town Planning.—Until its scheme becomes operative, the council adopted townplanning ordinances to give it control at Darfield over the siting of buildings, the right to refuse scheme plans and the erection of buildings and to set conditions for land uses. Weeds.—Barley grass was added to the list of noxious weeds to be concentrated on. Bad Corner.— After a complaint by the Rev. J. L. Barker, the works committee was asked to consider ways of making Kirkstyle corner at Coalgate safer. Mr Barker said that he and others had been involved in accidents with cars turning on to the highway.