Flood Control Council
<P.A.) WELLINGTON. This Day. The personner of the Soil Conservation and Rivers Control Council was announced by the Minister for Public Works (Mr. Armstrong), who said that during the war it was not intended to undertake any actual flood control projects, but to confine activities to preliminary work. The personnel is as follows: The Engineer-in-Chief of the Public Works Department (Mr. W. L. Newnham), chairman; the Under-Secretary for Lands (Mr. R. G. MacMorran); District. Engineer of the Public Works Department, Christchurch (Mr. T. G. G. Beck); the chairman of the ManawatuOroua River Board (Mr. J. Callesen), representing such bodies; the chairman of the Horowhenua County Council (Mr. A. Monk) representing local authorities other than river boards, etc.; a member of the Dominion Executive of the Farmers’ Union (Mr. A. J. Davey), representing agricultural and pastoral interests.
The last four were appointed by the Governor-General on the Minister’s recommendation, said Mr. Armstrong. The Engineer-in-Chief of the Public Works Department was the natural choice for chairman, and the Undersecretary for Lands was appointee under the Act, and his long experience in flood control work, and the fact that a very big percentage of the land which would have to be dealt with was under the control of his Department, made him an essential member.
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Northern Advocate, 11 June 1942, Page 4
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