HINDS-ARUNDEL IRRIGATION
Sir, —Before the war thousands and thousands pf pounds' was spent in making irrigation ditches and channels; but it appears that these ditches have no start from a water supply and no finish. Surely a season like the present would have been a good opportunity for the authorities to demonstrate by supplying water and making a survey to see what farmers wanted supplies. No water means no consumers. Oh. I do believe some water has escaped, somehow, down to the Barker Block. Government-ownedj but to few else.—Yours, etc., STILL WAITING. February 12, 1949. I This letter was referred to the assistant district-engineer of the Public Works Department (Mr J. O. Riddell), who said that the scheme was stopped by tfie Government to release men and materials for the State hydro-electric schemes. He said that a temporary supply is being obtained to supply part of the area which has already been completed. This will supply not only the Barker block but upwards of 20,000 acres.]
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Press, Volume LXXXV, Issue 25734, 21 February 1949, Page 2
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