Floods May Force Farmers Off Land
SILT NECESSITATES REGRASSING Per Press Association. GISBORNE, Last Night. Farmers on Poverty Bay flats whose properties were left under a thick coating of silt as a result of heavy floodiug Just month, arc, it is undcrstood/ seriously considering abandoning their holdings and seeking land or employment elsewhere. The men concerned are farmers on leasehold lands and consequently they have no particular stake in the properties. The areas were washed by flood waters and left covered with silt and driftwood and now present a desolate scene. Ratucr than face the labour and expense of clearing and regcassing those areas which are not their own, they feel it would be more economical from their own viewpoint to seek a home elsewhere.
A similar course is weing considered by some who suffered on the East Coast. One farmer who recently took up occupation on property of his own and who lost even his furniture in the floods, is reported to have walked off the farm, contending that he could never retrieve what he had lost by remaining there and that it was cheaper to abandon the property and make a fresh start elsewhere.
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Manawatu Times, Volume 63, Issue 60, 12 March 1938, Page 5
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