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LACHLAN IRRIGATION SCHEME TO BE ASSISTED BY BRITAIN.
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SYDNEY, Nov. 26. The British Government has agreed that the huge irrigation scheme bn the Lachlan River, New South Wales, should come within its £34,060,000 loan to ‘Australia for development works. It is estimated, that this scheme, which includes the construction of the big AVyangala dam 300 miles west of Sydney, and will cost £1,250,000, will irrigate a vast area suitable for wheat and fruit, but now- sparsely populated.
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Gisborne Times, Volume LXVIII, Issue 10754, 27 November 1928, Page 2
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