SLUGGISH RIVER BOARD

Manawatu Standard, Volume LII, Issue 108, 7 April 1932, Page 8

SLUGGISH RIVER BOARD

MONTHLY MEETING. Tho monthly meeting of the Sluggish River Drainage Board was held to-day, Mr F. J. Foster presiding. Also present were Messrs Print, Ryan, Lancaster and Morcom. The overseer (Mr W. Locke) reported as follows:—“Work is being carried out in the Main Drain with the deepening and also the Sluggish Creek. No. 2 portion of Main Drain is finished and No. 1 and No. 3 portions are improving. Good progress has been made. Lane’s Drain contract has been finished. The concrete sill in Mr Print’s place is finished. The lupins on the banks of the Railway Drain at the bottom end have not been cut out. The average number of men employed last week was 62.”—Adopted. Mr Print said that he had received complaints of the slowness of the work in tho bottom part of Main Drain, but ho considered that very good work had been done as a large number of slips had fallen since the last flood.

The chairman agreed that good work was being accomplished and said be would like to see the work pushed on. He thought that full advantage should be taken of the No. 5 scheme. Mr Lancaster said that attention should be given to providing a proper outlet for the Main Drain and on his motion if was decided to concentrate all the men on the Main Drain, the work on tho branch drains to be resumed on completition of the improvement work.

Air R. E. Dixon, Rangiotu. waited on the board and enquired if lie could obtain spoil to strengthen a bank. A ledge in the Alain Drain would provide the material ho desired.—lt was decided to leave the matter in the hands of the chairman.

Air Dixon also requested that part of No. 1 drain bo deepened where spoil had fallen in.—The board left tho matter to the chairman to finalise. Tenders wero dealt with for the cleaning of certain drains. Tho chairman said complaints had been made that the floodgate near Taikorea bridge was leaking and admitting water to Air James’s property.— It was decided to prosecute enquiries in this connection, and Air Print is to make an inspection. The clerk (Air R. H. Spencer) reported that the current year’s rates were being received very satisfactorily, the percentage outstanding being comparatively small.