Horowhenua County Council

Horowhenua Chronicle, 14 August 1915, Page 2

Horowhenua County Council

THE -UUMuli .uLLiiAU. Ilic monthly meeting of Lixc JLiorowhenua County Couuicil irs being acid ia Levia to-day, Councillor Wacsoa presiding. The iollowiag correspoadeace is being dealt with Thomas and Helena nuat; ol To Horo, wrote asking the council Lo reaiove the pipe at preseiiL ia the road near their property, oad tu pat ia ilk place a laueli larger oae. The present pipe Ls too small to carry all tlio water, and when tlie surplus backs up it Hoods their property. £>oaietiaiu> the water is oae loot deep around their house. -Mrs L. l'mk coaiplauied that the Ohau river was damagiag her property at Ohau, owing to the river beag diverted iato a Ircsli channel by a groin constructed by .ae council. The present situation is rather alarming, uad she asked that the council give the matter its earliest attention. -Mr M. H. iv Homage contemplates cutting up about 50U acres ol laad held by hiai oa the east side ol the railway liae, and this side ol Lvoputaroa, aad he asked the couacil to apply to the railway district engineer to have a crossing made over the railway liae givialg access to ll;«. Ao[jutaroa aiaia road—a public oae. v A copy of the Parliamentary supelementary order paper was received roni Mr. Jj'ield, 31.x ~ giving the .Urnaster oi Public Works' answer to hib luestioa re the control ol tlie rivers jiving trouble ia fioodtime. Mr field itated that he found a number ol aieaijers strongly the proposal" ;o control rivers by a Council ol experts. 11 the couacil cared to wait )ii the Minister regarding the Otaki md Waikanae rivers he would be glad o make aa appointment. The cuuncil's attention to "the deferable state ol' the upper end of A'est Ataudu iload" and tlio necessity if repairing it were impressed upon the ouncil by. C. H. Spiers of fcJhaanon, ad he suggested that the engineer ispect and report on the best means f putting the road in order. According to a letter received from E. A. Curtis of lliakara it has been apossiblo for several years, owing to lie number of wandering stock, to eep the fences bounding _A.rapaepao )ad in order to plant trees near the jad boundary. The -writer said this lado it a necessity to appoint a cometent ranger to attend to the matter. •Messrs Randell and fa-well wrote iking that a culvert lie put in, in •tand-stret. Shannon, so as to give 10111 access to their property. ,j> „ t ,» y iJl* ;