IRRIGATION CONFERENCE

Press, Volume LXX, Issue 21319, 12 November 1934, Page 6

IRRIGATION CONFERENCE

IMPORTANT QUESTION TO BB DISCUSSED The possibilities of irrigation, considered by those who have been conducting experiments in Canterbury tc f be one of the most important questions facing the people of the province at the present time, will be discussed by the irrigation committees of the Canterbury Chamber of Commerce and the Canterbury Progress League on Thursday evening, at a conference to be held in the Chamber of Commerce Hall. The chairman will be Mr G. H. H° ! " ford, of the Canterbury Agricultural College, Lincoln, who will address the conference. His subject will he "I r " rigation or Stagnation?" In his opinion the prosecution of irrigation work in the province would not only P 1 " 0 ' vide decidedly productive employment, but also would react to the welfare of every individual in the c»? as well as those directly interested in farming. Mr T. G. Beck, Public Works engineer, who is in charge of investUP tion work in Canterbury, togetner with Mr A. H. Flay and Mr K. £ James, of Lincoln College, will »»" take part In the discussion. Mr Bee* has gained considerable experience «j recent years in examining most of w« important irrigation systems "• America, and Messrs Flay and James have been in charge of experiment at Seafield and elsewhere in Cante* bury. . The chairman's address, starting: » 7.35 p.m., will be broadcast by station 3YA.