COUNTY TAKES CONTROL
HAUTAPU DRAINAGE AREA [from our OWN correspondent] HAMILTON, Wednesday The final steps toward the abolition of the South Hautapu drainage district were taken at a meeting of the Waikato. County Council to-day, when the council accepted control of the area, taking over assets valued at £92 and assuming loan liabilities totalling £955. It was stated that no drainage work had been done in the district for vears and that the council would continue to collect the rates formerly collected by the Drainage Board. The council decided to accept the proposition as put forward by the Audit Dc•partment and to' pay outstanding accounts.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NZH19390525.2.171
Bibliographic details
New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXVI, Issue 23355, 25 May 1939, Page 17
Word Count
105COUNTY TAKES CONTROL New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXVI, Issue 23355, 25 May 1939, Page 17
Using This Item
NZME is the copyright owner for the New Zealand Herald. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons New Zealand BY-NC-SA licence . This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of NZME. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Acknowledgements
This newspaper was digitised in partnership with Auckland Libraries and NZME.