MOUNT PEEL ROAD BOARD.

Temuka Leader, Issue 5540, 23 July 1907, Page 4

MOUNT PEEL ROAD BOARD.

This Board nn.lt on the Idlli, a bare q'uunmi being) present, Mr. It. A. Dixon apoligised for ids abseiie,-, ami tabled a notice of motion "That the Board meiUillgs sit hr Geraldine.” Mr. C. .(ones asked the Board to leas-t-lie .strip betweea (he plantation and ihe South Opuha to him, offering to pay os' mil. Not entertained. Thu Clerk wins instructed lo make the required alterations to roll. The overseer reported that the serfiu-enie-ii had been employed in patching various roads, and in deal.iivg water tables, and that King’s bird trap had been very successful Ibis s-easoa. ’1 lie Board struck a rate of eleveni-sixUvnths of a penny on the capital value of nil properties, in the road district. Accounts amounting to .C7(i Us id were passed for payment.

fered some damage. On Mawhcra (juay plato-iglass windows wore smashid, and several verandahs carried hod* ily- away. Roofs of sheds ,in the railway yard were lorn oil, and Detective Campbell's residence was almost totally destroyed. Victoria J.’arh suffered severely, the grand stand being blown down and fences laid low. Two houses in course of erection near the park collapsed. The foundry roof Wf-.s taken off. The residential portion! of tile town had fences blown down, trees uprooted, and .several chimneys blown clown. Thu gale is still raging and it is unsafe to bo in the streets, as sheets of iron,'etc., are lining every whore. Thu damage is estimated to nm into thousands of pounds. Although there were several narrow escapes, n,i serious accidents are reported.