ANOTHER SETBACK.
FOR KAWARAU RIVER MINING. ’ DUNEDIN, August 24. On account of the very low, level of the Kap’arau River about, the beginning of August, special permission was obtained from the Government to close the gates of Kawarau Dam for a short period. Immediately they were closed Jiowever, heavy rains fell in the back country, with the result that the river did not reach nearly as low a level as was anticipated, and the gates were reopened on August llih, without the claim-holders being able to rcoperate with any satisfactory results. The Secretary of the Kawarau Mining Coy states that there is no likelihood of the gates being closed again this season.
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Grey River Argus, 25 August 1928, Page 5
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