SLUGGISH RIVER BOARD.

Manawatu Standard, Volume LVI, Issue 111, 11 April 1936, Page 11

SLUGGISH RIVER BOARD.

81-AIONTHLY MEETING. At the fortnightly meeting of the Sluggish River Drainage Board, held on Thursday, Mr E. J Foster presided. Also present were Messrs M. J. ‘Ryan, E. C. Print A. N. Morcom, W. H. Gimblett a.nd the overseer (Mi The chairman stated that a complaint had been received m connection with Craven’s Drain, which it was stated, needed widening considerablj. In reply to a question from Mr Limblett, Mr Print stated that, the dram had never been wider than it is today. It bad been cleaned, said the chairman, but this could no e pected to widen it. There had been, trouble with this dram once before he said, sometime before 1926 bu the work of repairing it had been done by day labour and therejas no record of the transaction—-The mat ter was held over to enable the chairman to make further lnventigations. At a previous meeting of the boai it was decided to advise tie of an estate that it would he necessaiy for them to have a drain on their land cleaned. At Thursday e meeting a letter was read stating that the cleaning of the drain had not yet. been undertaken and was causing some inconvenience, As the v-eathe tions were now favourable the l V the suggested that the board see that the work was carried out immediatelj - It was decided to advise the ■ of the estate that if the woik was not commenced immediately the ■ would be obliged to enforce the pen were accented for Ta'korea, Cooper’s, Gnnaway.s and N • drains.