FLOOD DAMAGE IN THAMES.
ESTIMATED AT. OVER £10,000!
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.-■THAMES, Saturday, ' A report on the. recent, flood was' presented by the Mayor at the. last meeting of. the Borough Council. -'He considered the damage to the town could not be assessed at less than from £10,000 to £12,000. The .expenditure by the end of this week would be over £1000... The council was not in a position to'bear the extraordinary expenditure, involved, he said, and it depended on Government help as ■to the extent of repair work that could be undertaken.. ','. ..'.: '
-Mayor paid a warm tribute "to the High School boys, and all.residents who had voluntarily assisted to clear out the channels, and free the streets from debris, and a- vote of thanks was unanimously passed to all these volunteers. : It is estimated that about a-quarter of a million cubic yards of silt has been deposited on the streets of the town, and it Will bo weeks before Thames can be restored to its usual clean condition
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LIV, Issue 16480, 5 March 1917, Page 4
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