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$77,000 drainage

tender accepted

Ngaruawahia. — The DETAILS OUTLINED DEVELOPMENT

Ngaruawahia Borough
Council has last night The borough’s The implementation of
accepted a tender for the first consulting engineer, Mr H. the sewerage scheme he
stage of the town’s $250,000 N. Endert, was in attendance said, will mean that some of
sewerage scheme to be at the meeting to outline the the choicest areas in the
operational within two years. details of the scheme to town will be opened up for
The tender of a council. residential development at
Hamilton contractor, B. C. The council has applied competitive prices.
Lawton Ltd, was accepted to for the new subsidy rates and However, the area first
carry out the work at a total special assistance from the to be reticulated is in the
price of $77,000. Eight Government which could centre of the town, covering
tenders were received. amount to over $70,000 if the commercial zone and
The start of the scheme approved, said Mr Latta. part of the residential area.
is the most progressive step This could meet some When completed it is
ever undertaken by a of the extra costs involved expected that there will be a
borough council in with the escalation of costs phenomenal increase in
Ngaruawahia, said the through price rises and wage building activity in the town,
Mayor, Mr A. M. Latta, after increases, he said. said Mr Latta, as already
the meeting. With a $1,000,000 four- this year there has been an
Work is expected to lane highway between increase.
start almost immediately, he Hamilton and Ngaruawahia
said, and when this section is in the next few years and the
completed, tenders will be rapid growth industry in the
called for other stages in the area, there should be keen
scheme. demand for property in the
area, said Mr Latta.
Ngaruawahia

Ngaruawahia Pupils Attend

H.S. Prefects Play

8 March 1972 19 July 1972
Following are the prefects announced recently for A bus load of pupils
1972 for the Nga. High School:— from Ngaruawahia High
Girls: Bronwyn Smith (Head Girl), Jane School including fifth, sixth
licence (Deputy Head), Lexia Cooper, Leona and seventh formers,
Dooley, Ruth Moore, Julianne Pungatara, Donna recently attended a play
Slee, Jeanette Smith, Linda Stone, Kay Young. entitled “Loves Labours
Boys: Stephen Barr (Head Boy), Paul Lost” by William
McPherson (Deputy Head), Murray Barakat, Neil Shakespeare, which was held
Higgs, George Matich, Stephen McCowan, Allan at the Mercury Theatre in
Rose, Ray Salter, Stephen Weir. Queen Street, Auckland.