WAS IT RIGHTLY CONSTITUTED.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 946, 13 October 1910, Page 5

WAS IT RIGHTLY CONSTITUTED.

: ;board,. 'y ; ■ "■■' % Reporting : .' to" the' f ;Eepresenta- ,. fires yesterday: on -'. tie;;'petition' of ■>. ' John! ', H'Mosteriiaiid twenty-four others,- praying' ; for, 'theccanoellation of r the proclamation, of;tie Kahautara Biver'Board, the' Public :.'Petitions'Committee.stated that'it had no. ■;.-■' recommendation > to'vmake.;::■•'• ■■>+:.. : -' '■-. W'-- ■':. ,'.;:■Mr.'^B.uchanaii';.(Wairarapa) 'eaid : that ■ .tie conditions nad.vnpt :■ .been' ' : damatib'n iof -; the river, -board 'district.. . >!Ehe ;district 'was' neither .bounded: nor: .., intersected ..by- the.:; rivef.it from:. which ; dimage.;>:iv3s::apprehended^-The l settlers.'tmtsidiTthe.'district- had., allowed. tiine! to ■' .drift^inaL^the /result^that -, the' 'district; Jhad.been proclaimed in.the.usual 'manner.. x lf/a';propo«d.;S - allowed ; to .. bo^eTectedi'v.various"•■properties -would "be". : eeripnsly. affected;:. Three -of > the .six viatei; ;:• paybrs-.whb; resided .within: theH disfejci , ;'weretopposM^'to.the .proposal; whilst: in. 'there.were.^ftfentyrfoui , outside settlers ;.whb[ were also- protesting. , ;! If.,the Erver-'/Boaids : /Amendment hwere ■:.amended;vas he .proposed; : :tlie,proclama-. . \ ■ cancelled,:;, and .-.it -I would ' naye;;>:iti^'reconstituted.^o6n ; ;.' a ( 7.--l»ffl.SrS:He';«^te'd':Viiat';-ttß'l:cpminittee hadjnpt brought down;'a.recommendation. ■ , granting relief.-to the petitioners.-"..' ■;.-.'. i " ■'■ .;The ; iHon; D; : .' publicity;; had' ,; been ~ given whe.n .it •' : was /proposed.; to .'proclaim :the -district ■; a .riyer iboard-district.,; : :lt:had.been'shbwji,to the. ■ ;'«immittee,;'that ■ the ;districti'did;, touch - & , jtrahch :bf tKei':river: .-The committee .had V deHared:Unahimou_slyi : tnatithe\\board was ;, ooiieti 'according..tojy law.!: ■■'It:'.was; .' considered, l : too.:, soon\toi adopt; a vbompre-. .tensive drainage■■ scheme ■■ tax'- -the ;whole ;;.distiict.';^-,, r ',> i ::'.:;;^;;&.;; j -;;;;. v^: ;.v;.';;,.:/.:; ; .-- ■ Mr.; Craigie', '-'.the chairman'' of-'''the-'' coin- .' mittee;; said; that.-Mr. •; Laing Meason,- in : evidence before"! the committee,. had' 'stated. '-. th'at;;the:,stpp-bank,;would: be;;'beneficial,' vemd - -"ttat:iit:''\rtnld'; ; -iip't'-.damagß-''the.".pr6r. ; :perty-of;any ; ■-;>,'» ■■y; , :V': : ; -:;:;•- ~: The' r report- of the committee. 'was then . sdoptea.- : v;:^--!:;0;-. : ;:'-: : •;..■-,:;,/,.■ .•■".v