DAMAGE BY SPOIL?

Hutt News, Volume 15, Issue 14, 3 September 1941, Page 5

DAMAGE BY SPOIL?

TIPPING AT TAITA GORGE Concern was expressed by members of the Hutt River Board on Thursday at the amount of spoil which was entering the river from the Taita Gorge felips. The chairman, t)r. B. J. Dudley, said he had visited the locality some time ago with the board's engineer, Mr. H. Siadden, and it was not then considered that any damage was being done by the" tipping of the spoil into the river by the Public Works Department.

Mr. F. S. Hewer said he had paid a more recent visit and had found a clump of beeches almost covered with the result that the current was being set over to the opposite bank and was likely to shoot back and do damage lower down. There was danger of spoiling of shingte beds by the admixture of clay. Other members expressed similar viewß. It was decided to ask the engineer to expedite a report on the question,

Mr. Hewer also drew attention to the damage being , done at the back or Mason's gardens by cattle destroying'the willows. It was decided to. place the matter in the hands of the solicitor,