0 INSPECTION OF THE TERRITORY SERVED BY THE W AIM AKARIRI-ASHLEY WATER SUPPLY BOARD'S IRRIGATION SYSTEM.—With the object of investigating the possibilities of extending the water-race system in the Oxford district j,krt* Party organised by the Canterbury Progress League made an inspection of the area on Saturday. There is a possibility that some of the unemployed may be absorbed on the work of enlarging the races. LEFT: Groynes erected by the Board to "protect its water* faces. CENTRE: Members of the party on their way to inspect the intake at Brown's Rock. RIGHT: The land served by this water-race has doubled in value since the introduction of irrigation. 'fc* - i ■ i—; ——;——.
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Press, Volume LXVII, Issue 20335, 7 September 1931, Page 11
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1110 INSPECTION OF THE TERRITORY SERVED BY THE W AIM AKARIRI-ASHLEY WATER SUPPLY BOARD'S IRRIGATION SYSTEM.—With the object of investigating the possibilities of extending the water-race system in the Oxford district j,krt* Party organised by the Canterbury Progress League made an inspection of the area on Saturday. There is a possibility that some of the unemployed may be absorbed on the work of enlarging the races. LEFT: Groynes erected by the Board to "protect its water* faces. CENTRE: Members of the party on their way to inspect the intake at Brown's Rock. RIGHT: The land served by this water-race has doubled in value since the introduction of irrigation. 'fc* – i ■ i—; ——;——. Press, Volume LXVII, Issue 20335, 7 September 1931, Page 11
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