RIVER BOARD CONTROL
[Feom Otm Paeliamentaey Repohter.] WELLINGTON, August 29. Tho second reading of the Rivers Board Act Amendment Bill was moved in iho House- by the Hon. G. W. Russell, who explained that the ultimata aim of tho Government was to place control of a river from its mouth to its source in the hands of one single body, instead of its being vested in a multiplicity of boards, perhaps of conflicting interest*. Tbo Bill provided that if tho Government had roa»son to think anv board was not carrying out it* work properly a Commission would be set up to inquire Into the matter, such Commission to consist of a stipendiary magistrate, two engineers, and two laymen. Thorß was a very long discussion on the Bill, members pressing the claims of rivers in their own districts. Ihe Bill was read a second'tirn^
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Evening Star, Issue 16515, 29 August 1917, Page 4
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143RIVER BOARD CONTROL Evening Star, Issue 16515, 29 August 1917, Page 4
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