DANGEROUS PRACTICE
LOGS IN RIVER A HANDY DUMPING GROUND ki the last flush of the Rangitaiki river, the level rose a bare four feet yet this was sufficient to bring down from the headwaters and the Te Teko area innumerable logs which" piled against the Edgecumbe. traffic bridge. It is apparent from observations that the large number of logs which floated down could not have been swept into the river by accident ami P.W.D. officials have come to the conclusion that many farmers with properties adjoining the river must be in the habit of using it as a dumping ground for logs Avhen clearing paddocks. On Friday last men were put on the bridge watch all night clearing the piles of logs and ideliris which j were swept downstream. Farmers in the vicinity are warned that any action of theirs by way of using the river as a handy dumping place for any material whatsoever will bring down prosecution under the P.W.D. Act.
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Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 8, Issue 43, 26 January 1945, Page 5
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163DANGEROUS PRACTICE Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 8, Issue 43, 26 January 1945, Page 5
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