TAIERI RIVER TRUST

Otago Daily Times, Issue 24448, 6 November 1940, Page 2

TAIERI RIVER TRUST

MONTHLY MEETING- • The monthly B WUTrust was presided over r . Cr j ttqw P son (chairman), and Crs J. uo\v, r. Keller, J. W. Woodcock, G. J. Liyali. o. Snell. J. Young, and C. Findlay were in at The a ota e go Labourers' Union asking that an allowance bo made to. the men requited, .to work in. gurnboots.-Kc-C 6 S. Frapwell advised that Mr J. A. Shaw, of Henley,, proposed to claim damages for loss caused through flooding which, he stated, was due to the trust opening the pipe -under, the contour chan r nel and allowing extra water on to nu> property during the flood.—The trust decided to decline responsibility'. Mr G. T. Bathgate and several other ratepayers. wrote opposing ‘the proposal to enlarge-the culvert through the Bee hive road.; Mr . J,. - Bathgate -and otlic. ratepayers suggested holding a .conference between the trust and all interested parties— lt was* decided that the conference be held before the next meeting on ° Accounts Amounting to £1406 10s were Pa ftf 6 was°*decide<l "that the trust provide.) Eha P ll P ! % a sujp°fed ng Sifg ; pipes necessary .and. carted them. - It was decided that a small box be put into Lee Creek for Mr A. Campbell.-;, . The Works Committee was instructed to inspect the.road to Mr J. Frasers at Berwick. It wes stated that the road had been lowered, and it was contended th at , flood water of the. Waioori River could; now get across the road. . .. . , The following work was authorised:— Culleoi’s drain to be cleaned: 3ft pipes-to be. inserted In ; crossing, .at Mr Stewart’s: Lee Creek and “A”-, drain to, be?

cleaned. * c ' It was decided that steps be taken to destroy the rabbits in the Taierl Hiver embankment and the contour channel err.- , bankment. . •. The foreman stated that during 1116,.? month 220 chains of Lee Creek had been ' cleaned: that groynes op the Waiporl River which had been washed out by the. flood had been replaced: Snell’s drain and Wvlie’s Creek diversion had been cleaned, and gorse on the contour bank had. been grubbed. - .ivs.cu The chairman mentioned that three men.» > had commenced work during the month under scheme 13 on a subsidy basis and N had been engaged cleaning Lee Creek and ■ repairing flood damage on the WalpoVl ■... River.