AUCKLAND DRAINAGE

Sun (Auckland), Volume IV, Issue 1062, 28 August 1930, Page 9

AUCKLAND DRAINAGE

COMPREHENSIVE report TO BE drawn up -.tatement by minister the SIX'S Parliamentary Reporter WELLINGTON', Wednesday. According to a statement by the Minister of Ilealtli, the Hon. A. J. Stallworthy. in the House of KepresentatjYes today, a comprehensive report on the sewerage of the Auckland metropolitan district is being prepared by the engineer to the Auckland and

Suburban Drainage Board. yj r . w. .1. Jordan tLabour—ManuKau) asked the Minister what steps, if nv had been taken toward the formation of a drainage board for the tvesraide of the Auckland district, or ti,» extension ot the operations of the tuckiand and Suburban Drainage pnard to include the whole or part of the Manukau water-shed? There was ,n unsatisfactory system now operating in some localities, and unless the matter were satisfactorily dealt with at tin early date there might be serious remits. -In a letter dated August 16. the vucklaiid and Suburban Drainage Board has advised the medical ofticer ~f health at Auckland,” replied the Minister, "that the board’s engineer has since his return from abroad almost completed a comprehensive report embodying proposals to deal with the sewage of the whole metropolitan tu-ea of Auckland. When this is available the board will formulate proposals for the control of the area referred tn in the question. Local legislation will doubtless be necessary to give effect tn any such proposals.”