CORRESPONDENCE.

Daily Telegraph (Napier), Issue 3648, 22 March 1883, Page 3

CORRESPONDENCE.

THE WILLOW NUISANCI

[To TKH F.DITOH OF THE DAILY TIvLEOK.VI'U.] Silt, —I see by your report of the meeting of the IfaAvke's B;iy County Council on Monday last the road overseer is insl rue-ted "to notify owners of property in all cases where Aviflows overhang the public roads that the nuisance must be abated forth - Avith."' No doubt, for the convenience of the public frequenting the roads so obstructed, an order of this nature is very necessary, and, Sir. would it not be also advisable that the Council should sec to tli<- avilloavs overhanging mx-rs, Avhich, iusome instances, instead of doing good, c;mse considerable damage. I may die the Tutaekuri Avhere in some places the owners of property have planted willows on tho banks so near "to the now that they not only ovorhanir the current, but grow into the bed of the "strewn, obstructing and turning the natural course. Tlie consequence is that at times of floods, from not having a. clear and fair channel, the river bed cannot carry the large body of Avatcr that accumulates on such occasions, but overflows the banks, occasioning such damage to tho adjoining properties as is well known to the sufferers. —I am, Sec, Oxk Who Sujtkrs.. Meanee, March, 22, 1S«:J.