QUALITY OF METAL

Sun (Auckland), Volume 1, Issue 6, 29 March 1927, Page 9

QUALITY OF METAL

CHALLENGED AT PAPAKURA SPECIAL BOARD MEETING (From Our Own Correspondent.) PAPAKURA, To-day. There was something in the nature of a “breeze” at the Papakura Town Board meeting on Monday evening when the chairman was asked some questions concerning the concrete on Great South Road. Two members wanted to know how long holes would stand if treated with bitumen. Mr. Rhind explained that in his opinion the repairs were made necessary by the use of inferior metal. He produced three samples in envelopes to convince the board of this fact. This brought down the wrath of the Rev. W. C. Woo<J, who proceeded to give Mr. Rhind a rhetorical trounsing for having dared to come to the board as a member of the works committee without first consulting his colleagues on that body and bringing down a formal report. “What’s the use of a works committee? I have no confidence in the works committee,” said Mr. Wood. Mr. McCall, chairman, said he was quite prepared to resign and have another works committee formed. Mr. Wood retorted that he did not think it was equal to the job. “We are only playing like schoolboys,” he declared. The chairman, with a twinkle in his eye, quite concurred with Mr. Wood. Mr. Rhind then very calmly informed the board that he had picked up the controversial substance only at five o’clock that evening, and after a little more discussion it was decided to hold a special meeting, at which the engineer is to be present, to answer all questions relating to inferior metal alleged to have been used and the number of small holes which have appeared. The meeting is timed for next Friday.