HAURAKI DRAINAGE BOARD

Thames Star, Volume LII, Issue 13847, 6 November 1918, Page 1

HAURAKI DRAINAGE BOARD

j .At the .monthly.. mujbttmg.. of the above Board; tiller© ; were present Mes«iris H,. S. Wright, (chairman), R. H. Heaipipy, Gfeo. G-ray, and R. .Bilker (trustees). ; It Avasi dtecided- tliat tihe Board becoame a ineimibea" of the. Auckland Drainagia Bowrd's' Association, and also that t'hie Boaird coaiitinue; its memibersliip «odt" the Thames Valley Draimage Refea-fenoe Board. It was a-Bsiollved that all wages; men employed by*the Board shaill in fu tutt'a be paid fortaiightlly, afnd that where practicable coaitraietoirs shall be paid pm the 'job by the Boaad's foremaai. It waa resolved that the oontiratitors om the.Huirau Road, drain north side be givem, 1-1 days' notice to complete the work in' accoi-daJice with speoifioataon, failing 1 which the BoeaxL would wily pay for the value of the work dome, namely, five shiliing^ and sixpeiicie per chain. '; The ..foreman's .i-eport on .pj-ogvess 'of works was read amd appa-oved. It AVas decided ,'that. ; .tlh© .chairman-' should attend the conference at. Haniiltotti od' the Auckland 1 Di:ai<nag<vBoeid's Associatiouj u> -ooiisidei' the cimipiloyment of Jug©. Slavs at a uniform rate of p^y undea- nv** arrangement! witlx Commissiomer, Cullen. It "was reswisved. tihat a, special meetingl, orf tiie Board bet held tot jooaisidei' fuliy steps, to be -taken;'re new proposed loiaai of £5000, . aba the. reclasisificiattioin of the Board's lands. Mr R. Baker reported. th©. result of his initerview with the cihairmaTi of the Tbaimes Valley Dairy Co>. Ltd , as to the .faotoay outlet, Huirau Road, -and that company's retjue^t thaib aoiy. floodgate which , migjht be put in that .drain should' b© put ir< aibove the .factory. t was decided thiflit tihe whole of the works of puting an ; floodgaite® previoiusily a-u----thoiriised be left in the entire cihai"*re of Mr. McConmel, the, .Board's foreman, amd that lie be empoweired to hire and pa-ociua-e all thJei.- necessavy plant, labour, materials, and frntesrequired for. the ; effSoieinit canyitig iOUi of the work. The .resignation of the Board's engineea*, Mr.Wi R. Johnson, wta,s ao-' ciepted. l It Avas decided that;, the Board, whose area ds situated-in.'.the Ohine--1 miuai and Thames Countiiets, is unanimously of opinion that theoraa- ! tion of the proposed new Coiimty to be OTißed till© Haiia'aki Plains Coivnty,' is an the best interests of the Haairaki drainage distniob.The clerk was insti-ucted tot write to Mr.. Logan, the Government engineer, asking; him ta be p'esmt at the Board's special meeting]. The deposit of £21 made by Mescms ; Dagger and Eilvin. on. the Willow I drain and Gumtowni Road conti-act is to be i"efunded in .full.