A DANGER POINT
"The best thing that could happen, so far as the Board is concerned, would be for Melling Bridge to be washed out to sea,?' -said Mr. F. S. Hewer chairman, at last evening's meeting of the Hutt River Board.
Mr. J. Mitchell had drawn the attention of the board to the way the shingle spif below the bridge was making up," and asked that the matter should Teceive attention. The angle and the position of Melling Bridge makes the securing of a good channel in this locality a difficult problem for the Board and there is always a danger of the river cutting a new channel for itself, to the west of the bridge.
The engineer, Mr. H. Sladden, said he hoped the erection- of the new groyne in the locality would have the effect of removing the spit which was blocking the flow.
cially or in the interests of particular sections because of the danger of undermining the financial structure.
QUESTION OF PUBLIC MEETING ",
A'decision has not yet been made upon the proposal put forward at the meeting convened by the importing interests on Monday that a public meeting should be held in the Concert Chamber or Town Hall for the presentation to citizens of various aspects of the exchange question. ' ■
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Evening Post, Volume CXIV, Issue 125, 23 November 1932, Page 8
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215A DANGER POINT Evening Post, Volume CXIV, Issue 125, 23 November 1932, Page 8
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