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74 The Chairman.] In 1907 were you up the river?—l was at Turua. 75 You did not come up the river or study the question ! -No, 1 could not get up. 70 How long was il before the river got down to its normal level >.- -Probably two weeks. 77 Ihe fad of the water remaining three weeks on your place was not due to the flood in the Ohinemuri or Waihou/-It took three weeks for the water to get off the land which had come on ,„ it in that Hood We had to clean the drains out in order to clear the water. lam speaking from memory when I say three weeks. It may not have been as long as three weeks It was three or four days after the flood in the Ohinemuri that the water came across the Netherton district on to our land. My son look some photographs of the main road at the tune which would show you the condition of that road at the time. 7,s' Could you post them to us. marking on them what they are?— Yes. 70 .Mr Clendon.] At the back of you are the Awaiti and Piako Streams/ Yes. 80 \re you not awaie that as a result of this flood in January both those streams were a perfect sea of'water for three or four weeks-miles in width/-Yes, I believe they were. 81 \re you not aware that there is a distinct fall to your river from both the Piako and Te Vwaiti Streams as a result of a survey recently made in the Piako/ I do not know from my own knowledge. I may say that at Kerepehi the land is much higher 82 In 1907 was there a road or track from Turua to Kerepehi I—There was a tram-line. S3. Was it possible to walk along that tram-line dry-footed, even though your place was under water/—No. I do not think so. 84. It was a distance of four miles/--Yes. ~.,.-, T 85. Was not the flood just as bad on the Hikutaia side ot the Waihou in 190, / -I was not You know the cuntv sustained a considerable amount of damage by the flood of 1907 washing away bridges, &c. ?-l do not remember any-not this side of the Kauaerangi River. There were slips on the Co,-,,,,,an,1ei Road. Ido not recollect bridges being carried away 87 As an old reside,,., are you not aware that the fl lof January, L 907, was the biggest Hood there has been for. say. forty years/ I, is the biggest I remember, because we were never ''"'"'si' Willi' regard to the indications of tailings that you saw down the river, did you make any personal examination of them?—No, the County Council has some samples. ' 89. Mr. Mitchelson.] That evidence will be produced at the I halites.- tes. 90. Mr. Clendon.] You have taken no soundings of the river/—No. 91 Do big timber-vessels get right up to your place!—\es. 92 Just as readily as they did in former vears?—So far as I know 93 Mr llauna.] What effect has a heavy north-west gale upon the tide up as far as turua :it brines it up with great force, does it not?— Yes. it backs the tide up. 7,.,. 1)' you know thai when the tide ernes up like that it IS very much discoloured/-It is ""' it not bring up a 10, of material from the foreshore of the Thames Harbour/- 1 could not say It Comes past the Thames, but whether it brings it off the foreshore I could not say 96 y ' Doc-si," bring it from the gulf or the Moanataiari tip.' 1 could not say: 1 an, no, an anal 97.' You know there are large quantities of stuff deposited from the Moanataiari tip, ,vc I Y T,;, [8 it aa tural to suppose that it should bring it /-I do QOt see why it should. The Moanai: rflm;; ii :;!p;::,;;i;g i H;;, ii ;;,; , ' ,: ' t s'westward out int. ** ■«*«. does ...*... tide br„,g,, *% with itf- The tide sweeps along the foreshore, and then it comes across a shallow bank. Ihe , ,ye, cos more in a westerly direction there. . , 100 D,' you have deposits of that material at Opani Point?-! do not know what material " Still, it brings in material from the Moanataiari tip and the Thames foreshore up as t-,,- is Oiiani Point I— , would not like to say that. '" '?.S I. Mmllei. 1 How far ,s the tip from Opani Point /-Three or four miks ,l suppose. 103 You remember the 1907 flood that has been mentioned, and the flood of last Maul, .do you knowlhetS Te .9,0 flood-whether during that flood the Waihou was v, heavy flood or was only the Ohinemuri in heavy flood /-Only the Ohinemuri. He-u-sav 1 was not ' 104 The Chairman.] Was it hearsay only as far as you are concerned I - llcais.n . I was not "" l H ) s Vl t':'V^r.rlbmO i ;;::'baek of Netherton is there no, a fairly defined ridge running right down to Kerepehi/—That may be. so. 106 The Chairman.] At what part of Nether,,,,, does the ridge Commence and e„d!-liom the Netherton School I think about a'mile and a half or two miles before the r.dge commences. 107. You know that land personally /—Yes. 108 You know the land right across to the Awaiti I—Yes. 109 Mr Clendon.] You told us that this land of yours was submerged for about three weeks, and after the water went away v„u noticed white scum on the vegetation?— Yes. |,0. Is it not a fact that the longer the water remains the i o apparent is the remaining material on the vegetation?— Yes. . . , ,|, Is i, no. reasonable to suppose tha. after a .1 1 of three weeks remaining on .1,,- land you might expect to notice scum remaining on the vegetation ?—\ cry likely