£328,000 INVOLVED
SOUTH CANTERBURY IRRIGATION [Per United Press Association.] WELLINGTON, November 27. An expenditure of £328,000 is involved in the new irrigation scheme which the Government proposes to start in the Mayfiold-Hinds area of South Canterbury. The scheme, according to an announcement by the Minister of Public Works, Mr Semple, will supply water for 54,000 acres. “ The scheme covers the largo area of the Canterbury Plains lying between the Rangitata and Hinds Rivers, and extending from Mayfield (near the foothills) to Lowcliffe (near the sea),” the Minister said. “ The area of land covered by the scheme is 108,000 acres, and it is portion of the 460,000 acres of land which will be served by the Rangitata diversion race authorised about a year ago, and which will be the source of supply for the five large projected schemes in Ashburton County.”
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Evening Star, Issue 22817, 27 November 1937, Page 16
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