WAIPAWA.

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume VIII, Issue 218, 16 August 1918, Page 7

WAIPAWA.

(Own Correspondent.) At Tuesday’s meeting of the Waipawa Council an application was , made by Mr. Verran, contractor, for ’ recompence to the loss he had sua- , tamed over the Fletcher’s Crossing 1 bridge contract. The writer estimated his loss at £1360. He recog- - nised the ordinary risk attached to contract work but the loss had been 5 chiefly incurred through the council ‘ t urging him to do work elsewhere, t thus leaving his plant and work, in 3 an unfinished state to the mercy of i the floods.—The Council in commit--1 tee decided to allow £250 as compen- ' sation. I A ball was held in lhe theatre on, i n. e< ? ne , s< iay nieht in aid of Copperl ! " r£ ~! This was the postal ! staif s effort and proved a most sue-1 1 cessful affair, fully 70 couples gracing ■> tne floor to excellent music proyidp.'i by Miss O’Reilly’s Orchestra. 5 Orn'ing an interval Rosa and Merye , King contributed an aupronriate - item and the response .to the kiddies’ ; appeal for coppers resulted in the - amount of £t 7 - being placed on the , mat. An excellent supper was provl.ded for the patrons. Mr. Leslie - Plower. secretary, is to be congratul lated mi the success of the function. . At fi’e last meeting of the Waipawa County Council the overseer ■ reported as follows:—As instructed, I mspnnted the river encroachment abnve the Onna-Tikokinn bridge and took some, flying levels as . well. There, has been for some considerable time, and still exists, a constant erosion of the northern hank for practically the .whole distance from toe w-'iter-raee intake down to within. twelve chains of the bridge. The most serious encroachment is where the race leaves the creek. At this point the river comes within eight chains of this creek and there is a fall from the present level of both jwaters of nearly five feet in fourteen chains, or equal to a grade of ) in 192 taken mi the same angle as that followed by the water. There is also a channel further down which giw-s the water a direct lead north. As to the onestlons of levels at the r'-ad I find that the lowest spot under the terrace near the water race is 1 foot 9 inches higher than the water level above the bridge. The first and most) necessary work to be attended to here is flie fencing along the embankment to keep cattle out of the willows as the sap is now beginning tn rise. The chairman, Or. Holden and the overseer are'to inspect and report.