SOWING OF AHURIRI LAGOON
Area Created by Earthquake
By Telegraph—Press Association. Napier, April 1. The sowing of permanent pastures has been begun on the Ahuriri Lagoon, a 7500-acre area thrown up by the 1931 earthquake. The lagoon was taken over by the Small Farms Board in 1934 for reclamation and development purposes with the object of subdivision and close settlement, since when the scheme has been in the hands of the Public Works Department. Dewatering has been completed, and the sowing of the first area of 289 acres is now underway. Further areas are to be brought into cultivation shortly.
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Dominion, Volume 30, Issue 159, 2 April 1937, Page 13
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