HASTINGS.

Hawke's Bay Herald, Volume XXX, Issue 9895, 23 January 1895, Page 3

HASTINGS.

(FBOM Otfß OWN CORRESPONDENT.) -. .... January 22,1895. The, magnitude of tho work undertaken by but Borough Council la connection with the Southland main drain can only be. fully appreciated upon a personal in«. .spection of the works now in progress, ' where the drain flows into the Havelock' river.- The deepening and widening of that drain has been completed for a distance of abont twenty chains and another five ohsins Is well in progress, and an enormous quantity of earth ' has been exoavated and laid or, either side of the banks by means, of a derrick which the —Cflonsll- bare 'very wisely employed, an enormous saving in time and labor being effected by its use, whilst the earth is placed well away from the edges of the cutting. . The soil in parts is of a black ' loamy kind, half sand and bait mud, necessitating at oertain portions of the work tho timbering of tbe banks. This is naturally extremely expensive work, and will ■ It. carried out, in a thorough manner go f it to absorb the loan recently obtained. It bat, however, been decided, I understand, only to proceed with the timbering where ib fa absolutely nectary, and for ■ the presentJ»t any rate 7 to abandon the Idea ot timbering the whole length of this ■ portion of the work. The drain- will tap .^•"rety large area of country, and its impsrtance oa this jroand will besnfficienb excuse for the Council to proceed with theiwork at all oasts. Tbe Connoll have powerto borrow' an additional £5000, ani - oouH this be obtained the extension cf the sewer and the proper channelling cf the gutters could be proceeded with. The Mayor pretty plainly foreshadowed this - coarse of action at tbe last Conncil tueetJng,;an'dtbere b no doubt that he will ba' heartily supported in the view he takes of the matter by those who wish to see Hastings a thoroughly clean and healthy township. . The milk supply to tbe Heretaunga JDdryFactory Is at present very satie- ' faotory notwithstanding the recent lowering of the price given to the suppliers, and' the supply received from the Cllve auxiliary has been steadily increasing, since the late Tains. The amountdealt with Is now abont 650 gallons a day, nearly the whole of the butter produced finding a ready eale In the distrlot.