Esk Valley Desolation Appalls Southland Farmers
[Per Press Association. Copyright .l HASTINGS. This Day. _ “Our first glimpse of the desolated Esk Valley caused exclamations of utmost amazement and. sympathy for the settlers affected by the tragic Hoods,'’: said Mr A. R. Johnston, leader of the large party of Southlandfarmers visiting Hawke’s Bay, when interviewed at Napier last night. “One could not but be appalled a\ the awful destruction caused, not only by the floods, but also by the depositing of so much useless silt on what had obviously been a rich and fertile valley. Wo could easily believe that I the Esk Valley had once been one of ! the most beautiful areas of pastoral lands in Now Zealand. It seems incredible that such a small stream could ' be responsible for the damage, which is beyond description.”
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Northern Advocate, 16 July 1938, Page 7
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