Hutt River Board

Hutt News, Volume 15, Issue 9, 30 July 1941, Page 5

Hutt River Board

■ *• ■ " *rv.The taonlWy meeting of the Hint River Board wu held eta Wedhe»day afternoonV ' chalrmanttfr.' 6. J. Dudley) presided. There Were also present: Messrs. J. W. Andrews,; 6. S, Young, J. fthtcheli and •F. itewer. ' The clerk (Mr. A. J. Qeirlng)'reported that the ai'rangetnent tdftdo : aii Ui© I'etorie itofrougk GoUiicil in regard fo thfe shitigle from (He sbhthern and of the rivef vis Wdrklnfc tM>y satisfactorily. • The Muhiciflal fland #rt>te cltat<* ifig *hit ifa vis* of the fact that toany ijf theli-' nieihtierfl were now! serving With the • Forces and theif membership was consequently greatly reduced, they would like to be released from the le&Be of a sec-> tion of land upon which. they had hoped to build a' band Toom.-i—The application was agreted . to. " - r

It was agreed- td make a donation of £10 to the Wellington Free Ambulance Association.

Biri . Hewer drew attention to the practice of tipping rubble into the river whdre the road is being widened at Taita Gorge. It was contend: ed that 'this would not only interfere with the free flow of the river but would have a detrimental effect on the shingle being taken by shingle companies in the lower reaches.. The matter was referred to the engineer for a report.