SWAMP DRAINAGE.
REQUEST FOR ASSISTANCE. (fM«I ASSOCIATIO* TBLEGSAH.) PALMKRSTON N.. November 26. The Minister for Agriculture (the Hon. Mr Forbes) paid a brief visit to Palmerston North last evening. A deputation from the Makerua Drainage Board made a request fnr a € for £ subsidy on the cost of the labour in making a channel providing the key to the drainage system in n valuable area. The expenditure contemplated was £2700. and the sought was i'l2oo. The Minister received the deputation fa von rally and undertook to z<> into the matter early. Government experiment, in draining in New Zealand had been fairlv expensive-. '•[ don't say that there never will be anv good results hut the hopes at first held out have not materialised.'' »tiirl Mr rorbes. 'lt is refreshing to learn of a scheme where the settlers themselves have shouldered the burden.'-
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Press, Volume LXV, Issue 19787, 27 November 1929, Page 5
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