Flooding At Hokio Presents Difficult Problem
After receiving several requests to alleviate the fioo'ding of the Hokio Stream, the Manawatu Catchment Board addressed a letter to the Soil Conservation and Rivers Control council, a copy of which was received at yesterday's meeting of the Horowhenua County Council. The compiaints, which dealt mainly with the flooding of the Hokio Beach Road, were accompanied by the suggestion' that the difficulty might be overcome if certain work was to be carried out on the Hokio Stream.' However, the board had been unable to proceed with any work because of insurmountable lqgal difficulties, continued the letter. There were ' also native tribal rights concerned with the Hokio Stream and the Horowhenua Lake. The board suggested that the Soil Conservation and Rivers Control Council should investigate the legal position, in conjunction with the Lands and Survey Department and the Native Lands Board, in the hope that they could. come to some agreement with regard to safeguarding native rights and at the same time give relief to other settlers in hte area who were affected py bad drainage.
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Chronicle (Levin), 17 December 1949, Page 4
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181Flooding At Hokio Presents Difficult Problem Chronicle (Levin), 17 December 1949, Page 4
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