GENERAL ASSEMBLY.

Kumara Times, Issue 2586, 6 October 1884, Page 2

GENERAL ASSEMBLY.

KUMARA SLUDGE - CHANNEL AND WATER-RACE. IMPORTANT RESOLUTIONS OF THE PARLIAMENTARY GOLDFIELDS COMMITTEE. [from a correspondent.] Wellington, October 6. The Goldfields Committee met this morning at eleven o’clock ; present— Messrs Pyke (Chairman), M'Kenzie, Brown, Guinness, Menteath, Hirst, Cadman, and Fraser. The meeting had been called at Mr Seddon’s request to consider the petitions re Kumara sludge-channel and water-race. After some discussion it was unanimously resolved, on the motion of Mr Cadman, seconded by Mr Hirst—- “ That the Committee, having heard evidence at great length and taken the matter fully into consideration, are of opinion that it is not practicable nor desirable to continue the management of the Kumara sludge-channel and water under Government authority, as at present, “ That the matters referred to in the petition before the Committee are of such a nature that they can only be satisfactorily dealt with by local administration. “ The Committee, therefore, recommend—That the sludge-channel and race be vested in the Westland County Council and the Kumara Borough Council, and that, failing acceptance of such trust by either or both of such local bodies, a trust similar to that of the Mount Ida water-race, the Bannockburn sludge-channel and other public works of the same general character, be constituted, for the purpose of regulating the use, working, and management of such channel and race. And that the disputes on which the petition is based should be referred to the local body or trust for settlement.”