The Hutt News THURSDAY, JULY 10, 1930. HUTT BOROUGH AND WATER BOARD.

Hutt News, Volume 3, Issue 7, 10 July 1930, Page 7

The Hutt News THURSDAY, JULY 10, 1930. HUTT BOROUGH AND WATER BOARD.

It ,will be remembered that at

; tie last meeting of the Hutt Borough Council }t was decided the Mayor and two representatives of the Council should accept y,the inyitation of the Betone Boietfugh Council to a conference

with reference to the decision of gSlke latter body Xo withdraw from 1 vde proposed 'water supply, scheme ■ '£roitt. the Afcatara'wa district. We learn from a contemporary that such & conference occurred recently£%ut as there has been no meet--'ing-iof the .local Council since that •date^ obviously no official report ofjwhat transpired has been made ■ ■.public;.that is, so far as : the Hutt representatives are concerned. It is Well to make this quite clear., ascomment has.been made as to the proceedings having been published

so-vfar as the Pctone ('ouneil is

■coiieerned. I\o doubt at'the Hutt •Couiptcil's meeting, on Monday next, the Mayor (Sir. Alex. Roberts), and-Councillors Boyd and Patrick will present a full report

as"fos- what .transpired, and pos- , «ibly. if time permits, the future action of the Council in this re.ganrd will be .discussed. Until this report has . .been submitted it woiold obviously be improper for further comment to be made., and w6 submit that those interested (.and there are by no means a few) . should suspend judgment until th£ full facts are before them. The ■fullest possible publicity will be giyear to the question in these columns, and we trust that it may be possible to set out in detail the "reasons which have actuated councillors in--coming- to their eoix.sidered conclusions upon this Tiially important matter. So far .as'-t&e sister Council is concerned

it-is evident that a firm decision

has begn arrived at. It appears ihkt after most careful considera--I^iij and being guided by expert .advice of, we are infowned, the very highest. ■'calibre* ■ the Petone Borough Council has determined that the scheme proposed by the Water Board is useleßS to the residents of that borough, or if not useless,-that a better and far more economical scheme can be obtain-

Ed: right under foot from artesian sources; How far the neighbouring Council may have been influenced by the very full and capable .report, published in this column in January-last and again in pur last issue, which was presented by the; Borough Engineer on the artesian possibilities of the district, it is of course impossible to say, but there can be no doubt that "this report has opened the eyes of many people as to the enormous value of the water supply which is available on the spot, and at a low cost. ' And many people will say (and very naturally so too) why should we go a long "'distance away and incur heavy^ costs, to obtain from that distant surface the water of which we have a more than ample and abundant supply running beneath out yery feet in the subterranean riyersfrom which can be drawn a magnificent supply of the best and purest of water. However, the n^atter so far as Petohe is concern^ eel appears to be definitely Settled, once and for all, and upon the facts aY at present revealed, we think the burgesses are to be congratulated upon the decision ariKyed at by their representatives 'the Council. Possibly some good may arise out of the suggestion nia<3e by Cr. Hogg at this conference that when matters of the interests of both boroughs aTjejn question, a con^ence m*£ both bodies should be^helH^With a view to combined and beneficial action being taken for mNitifal