INTERPROVINCIAL.
r_nis.cnrjßcr_, Tuesday At at a meeting of the Dninag. Board Mr Bell, engineer, sud that arcording to calculations he had made, the discharge of sewHg-; and nriesian water in Clirii-tchurch amounted to 240 gillnDH per he'Jd of the popu'a inn every .4 hours and that nineteoths of the artetiin waier was running to wa<te; also, that as new arteshn wells were sunk the old ones rapidly decreased in supply. It was resolved to apply to the General Assembly for p^wer to exercise control over arteshn wells with a view to prevent waste. A strong football team will be got together to play the Northern provinces Wednesday. At a. meeting of the Chairmen of Road Bnp.rds to dis-euss the Government policy, a resolution was moved that the proposal respecting the creating of County Boards waa unsatisfactory, as providing cumbrous machinery for discharging duties which Road Boards were quite able to undertake. The opinions for and againsr. the resolutions were abont equally divided, and ultimately it was resolved to adjourn tbe matter until after the second reading of the Counties Bill.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XL, Issue 190, 2 August 1876, Page 2
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180INTERPROVINCIAL. Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XL, Issue 190, 2 August 1876, Page 2
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