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SCHEME J A<rrilnßi^p|MW'-

TOTAL COST APf^WM! ' ‘ £130,000 ’’ ®f'

-— r<msm} WORK TO'be lr AT ONCE ‘'ftS®

make an months, tfag It is also an I the area is representative I Semte w ? land in I county] and it hai> already j stated officially- that it- 1 isja^^m| ; I | that once this scheme I j more tern of races is I Ashburton and a treme of I town past I the B main fl Wfien ' a gated it was found Lake. Haron ■ high up JdtodT Infl^diVertm^^^^^^Bl glacial •■;i{tyer6«whkh r I Istopes supply the . present. by the I when it considered several supervision of Mr T. G. BeelraMra'l dent engineer in I

LEVELS SCHEME jM

HIGH ESTIMATED INCUBASR! . ■ " . ■* - y_ -s -rt IN PRODUCTION /JaJfiS

When the Minister for Pubhc'TOaflgpj the Horn R. Semple, paid £ shwliWMii to;..the>'X£vel£ imeaudfe Temuka yesterday; he' Was the Department of Agricultvgc, ing a conservative estimate;that irrigation on the’ .area ■ crease its productivity by 150 “A lot of this work has to be in New Zealand,” said the Mmisler* -l»,v all mean? an, in our as -such should bp Semple was shoWn the which, extending alqqg a * J 12 miles, is. m minion. - When completed,it.;; ] more water than the Avon. One Mg M dred and 20 men are - jW PH the scheme, and it is expected. jW m irrigation will be possible .i? : J son-.,.The total. are<v t> ;Sp 12,000 acres. There vail f. 'SO haf!eS of -races. d 4 H