RISING OF GABRIEL'S CREEK.
(To'tJie Editor of the Tuapeka Times.) '
Silt, — it immediately behoves the" Council of Lawrence to look after the lower part of out cityv'as-'itis^very evident that, from .the' alarmin'gland-. increasing " rise- bf- -Gabriels- Greek,, 'the next heavy^flood will have an effect little .".dreamt vsof.- • ■ < Asr <any everpday .observer, I calculate r that y j;he bottom, of, the creek -is , rising, -at the,-, rate .of two -inches per,week,;andsthis has been' going on for- a -considerable period. This has "aYisen, no dbuW;,' from the: ' large ' quantity ■ -of • > surface ' ; ground tfrom the ' Spur; 'Unless 'due caution is exercised; the* effects 'will fslowly- shew themselves: ? P'trust'~-this Hvill- be'doiie/and -'prevent' 'the CbrporWtiqn bringing an "action;; against the , Spur sluicers^w^O'rio^doubf.'Sfp 'lie 'active' agents' in £he matter^-p£. { am, &c., .Citizen-^.. L.wrence,i.Oct.->29,..1868/- ■. ! t
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Tuapeka Times, Volume I, Issue 38, 31 October 1868, Page 3
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128RISING OF GABRIEL'S CREEK. Tuapeka Times, Volume I, Issue 38, 31 October 1868, Page 3
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