MIDDLEMARCH DRAINAGE.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 14281, 1 August 1908, Page 3

MIDDLEMARCH DRAINAGE.

AN EPIDEMIC FEARED. The Middlcmarch drainage question was r^^L. yeS J OTlkj '' wJlen M r W. D. Mason, a delegate from the Middleman* Dwinngo UmuutUe drew the council'* to the fact that that township lay in a b«ui. K hot weather should follow the aoodb of winter, the™ would ,be an ™., Col |f l '» nm a loan of £800 to enable the board to nake hotter sanitary arrangements, and ako to improve drainage. He was there to ask the council to Ukc.immediate steps. The High School had practically no interest in tho teWMhip and had not, and was not likely to contribute anything. He hoped the council would take immediate steps and nut matters in train in readiness f OT tho comm sununer. The Prime Minister had assirrod thom of assistance. Ur Elliott heartily ondorsod these remark. He proposed a poll should bo The County Clerk pointed out that the settles could not expect the council's servants to go round among them from Jioußo to house, when tfce-y wero in a position to simphfy matters themselves. Ho did not think there was any necessity for a Mr Mason say t h cy recognised the council as tho leading body in tho county, tho settlers, with tho assistance of maps Would pick out sections adjoining the township, and with the assistance of the county clerk pick out the owners and ocoupants Ho could then procure the signatures. What was wanted was a main drain down the i coattc, of tbs> ■townabjn.

Or Slcvoneon moved, and Cr Dohorty seconded, that Cr Elliott, the county cleric, and Mr Msison go into tho matter, define boundaries, and obtain signatures. Mr Mason to map out areas and forward to tho county offices forthwith, in order to specify the area prior to making application for the loan.