HUTT RIVER BOARD.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1616, 6 December 1912, Page 6

HUTT RIVER BOARD.

The monthly meeting of ,the Hntt Kiver Board was held, last evening, and was attended by Messrs/ Baldwin (chairman), Welch, and Knight.'. Mr. D. Burke .wrote agreeing to pay 4d. per yard.royalty for'gravel, taken from the river bed, and, as a guarantee, to fulfil his agreement to do repairs to the stop' bank after the carting'of gravel had been : completed. He forwarded a cheque for .£lo.—Received. It was resolved,'.on.the motion of the chairman, to write to Messrs. Peterkin and Bowers'(members of the board) .that unless . they could give' more attention to meetings they should resign their seats. Mr. Bowers, who is away, wrote asking for leave of. absence. This was granted' for last'night only. Messrs. Bunny and Ayson, solicitors to the board, writing in reply to an inquiry, stated that the river bed between the land acquired from the Mudgway Estate and Gear Island was the property of the board, and if a transfer were needed, it would be necessary, to apply to the District Land Registrar! who, they felt assured, would grant the title asked for. It was resolved to instruct the solicitors to proceed to obtain the title. The overseer was instructed to furnish a. report on the question of planting willows on the river bank where necessary. The board will make an inspection, of works next Saturday week. The overseer reported that the river had ' been in high flood on November 26, and i had registered a height of 10 feet 5 inches 1 above normal:, The works in the lower I portions of the river had been unaffected, I except for a 6light settlement of some of I the bank fillings, and the only work now I necessary was the removing of drift tini- l ber from the groynes. As a result of a \ previous flood on November i, it'was neces- i sary to protect eight chains of battk at ( Belmont, at o cost of £23 15s. lid., to- I wards which sum the owner of the land i affected agreed to pay £5. In the upper ( reaches the flood of November.26 had had j a very serious effect on some of the new j works. Tin's was duo largely to the un- { settled condition of the works. The total ( damago would approximately reach £128, , and in addition the damago done to works | constructed by land owners would amount | to about £150, or a total amount of £278 | to old and new work.' The report went onto stato that had it not been for the protective works serious diversions to tho river, together'with much loss of land, would have taken place. In regard to repairs, th<' overseer suggested that it would bo superfluous .to repair some of the bank : protections, as the.groynes to be erected ] would afford sufficient protection, and by varying the sites of the groynes the difficulty would be overcome. Protective works '. at Hooper's land constituted an urgent ] matter, and should bo. gone on with. The .< estimated cost would be £05. Five chains of works on the Belmont Company's land had ten damaged beyond repair, and now works would cost about £125, towards which sum the company should contribute. With reference to works south of Pitcnithly's gravel works, the best remedy for Telief would be to further channel th'o bed, remove tho tower base, and erect a < low boulder groyne. : ■ • . , The report was adopted. . . ,