PUBLIC OPINION.

Pukekohe & Waiuku Times, Volume 1, Issue 16, 26 June 1912, Page 3

PUBLIC OPINION.

To the Emtoh

A COLUMN" FOR THE PEOPLE.

The River Scheme.

Sir,—l crave a little spa'- in the column.- of your valuable paper to make a few remark* on the Waiktito Rivrr Board Conference, held at Kaitangata r-eeut'y. While congratulating Mr Kennedy, tin- Board's engineer, on las very able address, there is one st iteiueut in it which I wish to contradict, and that is tin statement that the lower the river the deeper the nvi i, and the higher the rjvtr the shallower the liver." I l>e» to <ay that the reverse of this is the true state of the river. 1 would also be pleased if some member of the Board would furnish me with a little information re another statement of their engineer: that is", that a current running at the rate of 2A miles per hour will ki ep the Wuikato sand continually moving. Yet he tells us there is from a three to live mile current in the Waikato, and still it is full of sandbanks. Why so V—l am, etc ,

Geo. S. I M'wooi Tuakau, June' 15.

Let tort. from ;i 'Oucwlh tii eorrcsl>o!i(leiit| and W. Dunn ami Suns will appear next week.