CONTEMPTUOUS TREATMENT.
!%,. BOARD V. DEPARTMENT. . I',*-" [BY TELEGRAPH PRESS ASSOCIATION.] Dl'nldi.v, Wednesday. :i As regards the action of the Railway DeMs partment, in connecting th« new railway staf tion with the main intercepting sewer without tho Board's authority and without noil tice, a telegram was sent to the Minister :j; for Railways asking if this had been doue. ,;, on his authority. A reply was received from f, the Minister that ho was making inquiry !""" into tho matter. The matter was again dism cussod by tho Board to-day. The chairman ,", j said the railway people were putting in pure lime, and they knew what effect that would ,*;. have on drainage pipes. When spoken to the reply was that lime was cheaper than |f ; ' chloride of lime. He thought the treatment they had received was contemptuous. Ho | '■'.' would like to know what their representa- (<[ , tives were doing. It wa3 resolved that the connection be effectually stopped.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XLIII, Issue 13263, 23 August 1906, Page 5
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