Extension Of Drainage Board's Area
At a meeting " o#"the Buckley Drainage Board the chief engineer of tho,Manawatu Catcfiment: Board akked if tlie board, -would be r>re5 pared to have the Aratangata . drainage area included in the Buckley - drainage' district. n - • Ih Kis report the: engineer stated that after an inspectibn of the area, which is drained by the Aratangata drain) he was of the opinion that the work was necessacy to imprbve tthe drainage of that area.> At prpsent the area was not in the Buck- . ley drainage" district and there was no organisation existing to deal with the probjem. There was a demand by the local people for improved drainage. In 1925 a commission recommended that the area be included in .the 'Buckley drainage distritt, but 'at that time the area was mainiy flax and was hot proteeted by banks from riyer floods. The local resi'dents objected to their inclusion,' and this was upheld in court". The ppsition had now altered cohsider.ably and "he was of the opinion. that the general wish. in the district was for inclusion in the Buckley drainage . district. The board is willing to have the area included in ihe district/
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Chronicle (Levin), 25 March 1948, Page 3
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196Extension Of Drainage Board's Area Chronicle (Levin), 25 March 1948, Page 3
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