SLUGGISH RIVER DRAINAGE BOARD.

Manawatu Standard, Volume XLI, Issue 9743, 7 March 1914, Page 2

SLUGGISH RIVER DRAINAGE BOARD.

I me* | MONTHLY MEETJNC. | i j 1 b.o monthly meeting of the Siuggiidt ! Ptver Drainage Boatd was held on j {Thursday. Present: Trustees S. ?*ia--1 can lay (chananan), W. Anion. M. Tal-j lott, C. Kendall and J. Lucas. DKITTATIONS. | reiiutvting that a culvert be put in ai | drain leading oil' his land into the main ! drain. Ho offered to contribute tl ami i I provide metal lor the work'.—The re- • was aee' -ied to. S ; Mr F. 11. dohiiHin v ailed uj)on the j . board to enquire int ) h-s rating ]>osi- j ; turn.— liie M'cr-ei:ary staleii that he had J 'received, letter,s Irom )lr .loltnson en- | 'quiring about raping, but in con.so- i | qmrnee ot no iniorniation of subdivisions ; ' h:\ving been supohod to tiio boari.l, he j | had he-mi unable to appee'tion the rat- I | i*'£- we.: : - go:n:; over the land, how-: e\'e;-, to the ])'.'isit;on. Mri i ■ J< ; ill !■•'<)n f-atd lie would ghv what ini-,,»r----niat ion and help ho could. | A letter v,a,-, r. cei\ed frn . Smith, , and Co. asking ; ran exten '. -u I'm?; ( o r their eomract. —The e. ueer e\-' 'ph'.ined Up. p- iso ion ; mi re.;,-: ih lor his ■ givitiL l ' :he con tractor pena! nol ice under ■ f■ f :iUsi ; - j . eoiidtt'i.ais o! (<ii• rati.. : Tile ii ( .■ * : !* aekt :| leave to address j tin- board on ;he sniiieci, a hear'tm" j i being granted them. Alter thev had! .given an exidanaiio;i is was docided. io ■ gi\'e tliein a 1 urih-T opj«irtuuity to com- ; piete tiie contract to the sat'staction of; , the board's engineer. Mr Smith., how- j ever, said he could not accept tlie ox- j : tension oi tiiii-e with, 'n n gl the board's enginec-r on the drain to a.'-'-orlein what addit : «>n:\i work was to' | lie carried out. 'I .no euLHieer arranged j | to i ioct .Mr Smith and receive bib an- ■ swer on belialt <ii > lie iioard. , COUUKSpOXDKNC !<:. j Messrs \\ ilh'-!i and Mean's wrote slat- j nig tin;', they had colli plot: d contracts I Nos. ii and 1:). i!! e. < no; ne ;• was instructed to inspect tie work and if sal-1 islicd with it, to put i;t lor progress pav- ! men'. '

| Messrs Louglman ami Jacobs wrote ;on beiialf of Mr I',. |> Levicn asking for [sanie sahslactory a'Tangeimmt between ith'ir client and the board for land j taken.— Iho seeretarv si;.ted that the : land ref<MTi\l to had been acquired from i the liative owners under the autliority | of the Native Land Court Judge in IS!)? land the moneys therefor paid into the ! Land Court for distribution. It was ueculed to hand t iio h'l tor to the board's solicitor for a reply. Mr A, Richmond wrote asking the boa id to inspect the uneleaned condition oi certain drains affecting Ids proj perty.—Messrs Carson and Henderson, J. Cook si ey, (i. Hodges and M. Craven are to bo called U]k>u to clear the drains in their proj>ertios running from iMessrs j Richmond s and Craven's lands across ! Pyke'ft, road co the Main drain. The I chairman was authorised to have the ) length on Pyke's road cleared, i A U'tter was received from the clerk lof the Oroua Drainage Board who J stat-ed that tlm South Branch drain

Clearing was of no benefit to the district j unless Tamplin's culvert was removed, j Ho also said the hoard was unlawfully j in possession for drainage purposes of j the lands between Jones' and Hickford's - , lines.—After lull discussion it was de- ' i cithnl to instruct the secretary to reply ! to the Oroua Board's contentions, wliicii j had come u]K>n this board as a complete ( surprises and point out that the signa- , tones to the jvetition for sejiaration I were land owners within the area in question as well as those outside; that a plan ot the proposed new district, was t forwarded with the petition including i those lands; that toe Shi (YCT h R ivor ' .Drainage Board had no information of , the proposed boundaries being altered ; that the claim now sprung upon the . hoard necessitated the Uianl's withdrawal from the Commission appointed 'to apportion the liabilities and assets of the old board which it had expressed its .willingness to accept, as the el feet of the Oroua board's claim, if established, would be to overthrow the previous appropriation of the relative percentages . to be adopted by each board, and generally to invalidate all previous conciliatory arrangements. It was further deeded that an amendment claim for moneys due from the Oroua Drainage Board be forwarded as on account only and subject to revision, omitting the cost of clearing of drains in the disputed a rep but insisting on , pavment pi amended amount without delay. ; I

It. was resolved to have the boundar-';'-s amend; (1 by extending nrmie along iaikorea road to north-eastern corner of section 12 ! and al >ng western boundaries of sections 124. 120 and 126 to ( Foxton-Longburn railway, i The chairman and engineer were em- | powered to opr>n a tender received by I Mr Talbot which thai member had for'gotten to bring, and to accent it if they t c.iin.«d< , r the price reasonable. 1 _ Mr Talbot reported visiting lower portion ot Taikorea drain, with the engineer, and adv<ied thai i'ddit'onal depth of one foot bo w'ovided as far as con- ' ne-lion with outlet fur Nos. <], 4 and 5 i drams. It was resolved to lay off the ' work at once and call tenders.