COSTLY MISTAKES
IRRIGATION THAT FAILED
SOUTH AUSTRALIA'S LOSS.
(UNITED PRESS ASSOCIATION—COPIRIOHT.)
(Received 29th October, 9 a.m.)
ADELAIDE, This Day.
Tho report of the Irrigation Commission on the irrigation of the areas alonj the Murray River and the Jervis reclamation scheme has been presented after a delay of two years. It shows that the undertaking involves the State in losses totalling approximately £1,----000,000. It recommends the abandonment of certain areas, and says there was a, complete lack of business acumen and foresight in the opening of the areas.
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Evening Post, Volume CX, Issue 104, 29 October 1925, Page 7
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87COSTLY MISTAKES Evening Post, Volume CX, Issue 104, 29 October 1925, Page 7
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