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The Bishop of Christchurch (the Rt. Rev. W. A. Pyatt) has been elected to the New Zealand Lepers’ Trust Board. He will represent the Melanesian Mission. The Rt. Rev. A. K. Warren, who formerly represented the mission, remains on the board. Mr P. Proctor, of Wellington, was also, elected to the board. These appointments were made at the quarterly meeting of the board in Christchurch on Wednesday. The Canterbury Progress League has accepted the resignation of its secretary (Mr C. N. Todd). He will become secretary of the New Zealand Youth Hostels Association.
The reclamation has been planned by Nelson City Council engineers, and if the council approves it, work could begin within two years The council is buying a suction dredge which would be used in conjunction with the Nelson Harbour Board’s dredge for the reclamation work.
All the spoil for the new land will come from Nelson Haven—the mudflat area—and excavation of the seabed will leave 6ft of water in the planned long lagoon at low spring tide. A loan of £500,000 is ex-
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Press, Volume CVI, Issue 31154, 2 September 1966, Page 10
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