PROTECTIVE WORKS.
WAITAKI RIVER BANKS. MINISTER ORDERS SURVEY. (By Telegraph—Press Association.) >. OAMARU, Monday. The serious position arising through the erosion of the' south bank of the Waitaki River above the Waitaki bridge, caused by the floods in the river, engaged tho attention of the Minister of Public Works, the Hon. R. Semple, on his way south to Dunedin to-day. In a recent inspection of the locality, Mr. T. M. Ball, district engineer, was impressed with the real danger existing through the river not only eating away good land, but also taking a new course that during a flood might break through the bank at the south end of the bridge and cut off road and rail communication. £fter an inspection of the river this afternoon Mr. Semple said he was impressed with the urgency of the'mat-j ter and instructed his officers to make a surv;ey of the position without delay with a view to commencing protective works on the river bank. >
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Auckland Star, Volume LXVII, Issue 65, 17 March 1936, Page 11
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