TEMUKA WATERWORKS.

Temuka Leader, Issue 10588, 23 August 1930, Page 2

TEMUKA WATERWORKS.

To Uio Editor. Mr, o ii lolio v, i n iioi 111 0 ore u r ' in ni" util r pi ci il iii a, 11 1 <; report of 1 iio ('oiiiiiol proceedings on I. In; Wat orwi.iT,-.; —I 1 ) Th" people of ’i'l 111 II ka ill) 1,01 appro.-ial e the fact i.litit. aider ;hi expendii tin; of £7OOO, tJu; Waterworks is a failure, and Die ratepayers will be called upon to furnish more money lo patch up the present scheme or embark on a now one. (2) Thai the present Council is not taking the ratepayers iiito Its confidence, but is tinkering with a fail lire instead of availing itself of tlio best scientific advice as lo whore a constant, reliable source of water is to be found. (2) v. Did .Mr Bridges—or was it someone else—suggest Reilly’s as a better scheme in the first place, and why was it (urned down, for Mr Bridges is qnoled as saying: ‘‘Well, gentlemen, yon know 1 was not in favour of this scheme, but suggested Beilly's before this was started”? M) That the ratepayers of Temuka do not realise the seriousness of Iho Waterworks bungle. (5; That it is iiuie the ratepayers were called together to investigate the matter thoroughly, as those at the head of affairs are obviously unfit (o grapple with the present position, and tire prepared to spend more money in a purely speculative venture.—l am, etc.. "CAULKED.”