THE THAMES FLOOD. Estimate of Damage.
Thames, May 12. 1 At a meeting of the County Council last> night, Mr A. Aitken, County Engineer* presented the following approximate estimate of damage to roads and obher works in bhe counby by the recent flood : — Thames-, bo Hikubaia, L75 ; Thames bo Waikawau,. L 100; Hastings to Mercury Bay, L2O; Puriri to Tairua, L4O ; IHikutaia bo Whangamata, Ll5 ; Moanatairi, L 250 ; Waiotahi, L2OO ;. Karaka to Lucky Hit, L 2 5; Karaka Extension, L3O; Hape Creek, L6O ; Kaueranga Valley, L75 ; Tararu Creek, L 250 ; Waimo Road, L 12 5; Waiotahi to sebble--ments ab Mercury Bay, £60 ; Hape, No. 2, L3O; Otanui, L75 ; Ohio Creek, L5O ; water race, Ll5O *, Moanatairi tram way, L 125 ; Te Papa Gully, L4o ; Orphan age Bridge, L 25 0; total, L 2,050. These are the principal roads. In the borough, the damage is not yet fully ascertained.
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Te Aroha News, Volume IV, Issue 203, 14 May 1887, Page 8
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