WHAT THE COUNCILLOR FEARED.
•; ■'. '. ;'' ; --'"' INTERNATIONAL; /TEOUBLE; . ,"'. . (By■;Telegraph.—Special; Correspondent.) : '. . .' : ,,'' -.'._'; -.-;.•.':■;.'.;• : ::-Wangahui, ; "August 31.... '■•,'.. A recent offer of. ah .American firm; to . supply. material for-'the .-.proposed-,'new': , !."■■ ■'.•'.'.■ traffic'bridge toAVanganui East does, not :; '.'':'■ appear to. meet with the; approval; of .the •: '■■■.•, Borough Council.\ It/was:. pointed out.at. -./■■.■■■.'■■''a. meeting. ; of the.council last:evening that ■•.,- ■■■:-.- the plan did .not-.allowi sufficient clear- •- .'•' -■ .-■'' ahce for -floods, * that it ,was>not.. likely, to . . be -''agreed;: to, by >,the iGove'rhment; and '■'■•'■,-.' that'ithe.-"."Yankees" usually., built for. v :. - "short ;life/', scrapping material and .\;■-■ '.; .it; by";t'resh construction .in, y a:: '■;■]-:" J. few .-years.' , .;'..:"■-..•',..•,: -:■;. ' : -. : ■■.'.;!■■':':■. ■■ '■.•■.■.' ' ■.",'■-'■'*' One. councillor gravely that .;/. . , should the:council find causofor: dissatisK ■ ~;faction in -the material/and rcfuseto pay ' '.:■. ; np in full, ,it. ; "might lead to '..interna-'- : :--.i tional: complications.",';.-,';:,; ;'...-."'','.' .. . >:'.:■: ... Another .took the /patriotic;'-attitude,' ,'-,''■ ; and. urged tho employment'of New Zea- .■:--.': ;land..'material.-.whene'yer possible; '■■■. ■',' ■ '/■■. As. there was;iiot,a;full council present :..'-. it was decided to further consider .the, -,;■-. '■■'. '■■!: matter at a special .meeting in committee VV,:' pest Tuesday. .''• ■/.■ •;,. '■." ...'-■'' /■-.
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Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 910, 1 September 1910, Page 5
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147WHAT THE COUNCILLOR FEARED. Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 910, 1 September 1910, Page 5
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