NEW KOPUA DRAINAGE.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXIX, Issue 104, 23 June 1911, Page 7

NEW KOPUA DRAINAGE.

•a PECuiIiXF: i ro.\; •Messrs Lav,;, £Teud:ryon waited on : tlie, Comity Council oiii Wednesday regarding uio New Kopjia H , Mr Law said the settler found Unit i iie loan they had raised was somewhat small, although the six settlers ' oiu oriK’d bad ohated themselves as Heavily as posslblih They had’'Come to the conclusion that, das tlio I drainage had lioiM'Jitefl ■ theroad to such an extent, theya )vore jukilied iiji asking the County for help. There! was about Li!) in hand, mil fully ■ :C1(J0 was required to finish the work, the most important part—f-tltc outlet—had uot yet been •lone. if , the draining had not boon,done it .would cave been necessary i for the Council to build a now bridge. Cr. Walter asked tire engineer., what Venqiifc had accrued to the'road.,The Engineer said the water had been lowered three or. four ieet,i There was a danger of florid so long as die outlet was not made. • It was highly accessary that the extra node u>-k*c* for should be done >,o comidoto riie job. Cr. Winter t* ooeni i' • oni.t on ;1 c road siio dd .' vs ut 'pi • v ;i<. >r it could be done out of the special fund. There was ,£(37 in the credit >n the road. Ho moved that half of the £BO asked for bo provided out of the road credit and the other half from tiie special fund. Cr. Marfell seconded. ■ Cr. Thomson thought it was wrong to rob the • road to eiiinv.j.vu.»the..v aluo of land. if this pro. mi m veto mule lie did not know where id would •top. Cr. Marl'cll said that if the draining war. not done it would be very pipousivc to keen the road in order. . Cr. Walter salt! the uulo tuiialc ‘mature was that Mr HendV’.s*>n wo .••if,Cii for the work, but.'nothing bad' )oec done on his land—mu a. ’ic., one • iv,;.!' had merely been accam'drtc;i on ids land. ft would p; an.dey i f 'better if the engineer bad t iarrmi the-' work at the bottom end. ‘ < oa .■ Cr. Astbury moved, and Cn. .'lax well seconded, that the . uhng mcm.■ ben's report, to next meoWig ,>> i £i| matter. " > C Walter srl ut _b!r tint ily* majority of the councillors were in ...vmpatiiy with the movement; ami with tin’ll, view lie moved that ;he opi niou of the County solicitor lie obtained as to the legality of the scheme. He further moved that it lie solicitor's opinion were lavouriMe, the work be gone on with at once. On a division, the motion was carimcl only Ci. Thomson voting agaust V