There is no indication of any shortage of rater at the city waterworks at'present, though this is usually ' tho . driest period o : f the year. When visited yesterday by tho Mayor and. members of tho Gity Council, the Morton l)am was quite full, and was flowing freely over tho by-wash. A good deal of work has been* done at tho base of-th©'by-wash si'neo the dam .was last- visited by the council: formerly the lower. lip of tho concrete by-wash 'ended in tho shiii.glo of tlio' stTcam-bed bolow, which followed a natural channel en route to tho lower basin. Now the base of tho hy-wash terminates in a deep pool, ai.td tl'ie banks of tho 6tr-eam have for a distance of fit) yards or so been protected by a stout concrete wall. This work was found to be iiccessar? owing to tho erosion caused by a flood overflow early last year. However heavy tho now,* it can hardly make much impression. 011 the bod of tlics stream immediately below the dam, as .the pool acts as ; an effective buffer to tlio falling waters. Canon Sedgwick is to bo consecrated ' Bishop of Wa-iapit at Napier Cathedral . on Sunday, February 22. Ho will , leave* (Jhristchurch for tlio North Is-- , l;.nd on February 18. ! Mr. Gilbert Carson has accepted tho . position of president of tho WangaiHii ' Province <sf the Hiblo*hi-State Schools' , League.- Mr. Carson is a prominent; • member of tic Dunedin Baptist- C-burch.
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Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1981, 11 February 1914, Page 8
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