LAND GAIN'S FRO M THE SEA
Mr. Asquith's promises of a Bill designed to prevent England from slipping into the sea will (remarks a Gaily Chronicle writer) be glad news 'to holiday makers on the south and ea«t coaett». Nobody wants to lose Margate or Bridlington even if the net gain of land ifl greater than, the loss. That the gain is great wae proved before the Royal Com' mission. Within 35 years England and Wales lost 4692 acfes and gained 30,752, while Scotland and Ireland made an equally handsome bargain. , PaTlitttnent will xlob be able to put an end to the oscillations discovered by, the Commissioner*. Beaches \that risft 60ft above high-water mark ana afterwards »ink 60ft under the waves evidently obey some law that laughs at groynes and sea-walls. Whether it is that the sea risen or the land sinks, wo cannot yet eay^ but for something like 3000 years Britain has taken '.no serioue plunge upwards or dowaWarde*
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Evening Post, Volume LXXXVI, Issue 59, 6 September 1913, Page 13
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161LAND GAIN'S FROM THE SEA Evening Post, Volume LXXXVI, Issue 59, 6 September 1913, Page 13
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