THE WILLOW NUISANCE.
Serious, fojuryjo Roads,
Tjio' County Engineer.(Mr 0, E. J?remner) in his annual rpporj rpjfprs aB follows to the wi|k)w nuisance which at present exists:— / : ■'■;" With reference to the willow nuisance uporr which the Couiioil has asked for information .r have ascertained the ■ following approximate lengths of river which nro more or less seriously oyergrown and bbatruoted by the injudicious and,, extensive planting of willows both in andsajong the margin of their beds, '.Wiareama river, twelve miles; Tinui utiles; Whaiigaehu river, threej\{|p;d a flnpte'r. niilep. There are, no doubt, ftjany more miles in each of these wh'icharemore or jess pjiokecj and oypr-run, but I refer only'tq the particular lengths Irpm the contracting of. which;,the roads are apnwillyi sub* jected to serious injury by inrwdalion and.scouring away, of the formation and metalling, This iB becoming more serious and: troublesome matt to deal with every year, and is o 'whibhi in the'interests of thYpubl'' r r : should have legislation introduced f° its suppression.
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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XIII, Issue 4112, 13 May 1892, Page 2
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163THE WILLOW NUISANCE. Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XIII, Issue 4112, 13 May 1892, Page 2
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