THAMES DRAINAGE BOARD.

Te Aroha News, Volume VI, Issue 325, 15 December 1888, Page 4

THAMES DRAINAGE BOARD.

I The Thames Drainage Koaid met on Tuesday last, IVlr J. M. Lennox presiding. The engineer's report stated that at piceni the | machinery was in °'ood oidet. The ex- ! penses for the month 'otalled 1228 10* lid, and I he quantity of coal w-ad was 185 tons, whilst theie were hlill 105 cons 17c\vb in hand, it was le&olved tliat, the necessary anthou'uy for the jrencial overhaul of machine) y at (Jhnstmas be granted. The fcccretai y ("M" MacDonald)read the tinancial SLubeuiei.l (uhnh -li'>vcd <\ rmijit l^ilanre) and stated that.iieluul ieoei\eda&umotX237 3» fiom the Monnntuiaii (lonipaiiy. LlOO beinjr on aeeonnL of ])Uicha-.e ol the pump, and £137 3s on nccouM. ot drainage feet. C2lO was owinu 1-v the Deep Le\^iCio^ Company loi di.unnjue, for the payment of which he had m-ide iiequent applications, but without ic-ult. On the tu^ge--tion of th^ Cliuiraan thu secretary wsis i?i-,-trncted tv .i^ain \niLe to the C io.«s Com pany, jiiakiiiff an impel ative demand tor payment of tho amount. The chaiinian conoiatriated the JBoaid of havinp: attained a sound financial position and e\])ies>ed a hope that they would soon be able to mak^ a contiderable i eduction in tho monthly drainage assessment.

Bu-xmm, Dec. J2. (Joltj hat, been found in Speeds Valley, 15 miles from Blenheim, huggelo are jilentiiul, and coarse colours have been found h> fhecieck. There is nothing known yet to justily a rnsh.