THE Inangahua Times PUBLISHED TRI-WEEKLY. WEDNESDAY, JULY 31, 1878,

Inangahua Times, Volume V, Issue 63, 31 July 1878, Page 2

THE Inangahua Times PUBLISHED TRI-WEEKLY. WEDNESDAY, JULY 31, 1878,

TtjTio exceptional rigour of fcho BfiaHOii was further instanced 1 yesterday, when a heavy snowstorm occurred 1 , overlay* i in# tKe town nnd tho high land in fcho 1 vicinity to a considerable depth,, I't. is ifeneod that <-he lateness atidi soveritv of tho snowfall in this district will caaae some he^vy floods i:n the. early parb of the coming ftpring, and ifc therefore behoves, both, tho County Council an<fe|tlio contractors for tho erection of protective works., to expedite- those works as much as possible. There in another matter which, wo deem of sufficient importance to call the afcfce'ution of the Council to. Daring. Sunday's fljood, which waa not exactly what may bo termed ft " big M ono, tho water nt some points waft within a. fool; or.' oighteea inches of tho top, of the ombankmenl/ on tho northern side of the river* Now, itneeds no gift of prophesy, to soy that we aro quite likely to. have ftoocls daring, tho doming, spring and summon of far greater- proportions than th«t of Sunday lost, and. in (ho face of such a possibility ifc soems ndvianble Jhat eacly consideration '-should be givon to tho question of raiding ami' strengthening tho present; northorn embankment. That tho river bod is fast filling up is nppnronl; along tho'wholo length of tho protoefcivo works. Having, negard to tho dreadful confieq,uonoea whfeh. would inevitably result from nooh. a. cond!goncy ns tho bursting of the breastwork- in flood timo% it behoves the Council to givo this irmttor tho moafc Horious consicldrfttion. A con t root is shortly to bo lofc for extending tho protective work bolow tbo bridge, and it might be advisable to include in thnt the work of widening and' raising, the remaining portion of fcho walk Tho opening of the jack's Point road oijbrs overy facility for procuring, the required timber for tho orating,, and aa labour is now pientifuJ, tho uhnncos ana that tho work would be taken very cheaply, but cheaply- or nob MlO work, (o- ou,r view, seem, ono which has. n claim fco. consideration q«ito beyond the more roa,fctou of pounds,, shillings, and pence..