MURRAY RIVER LANDS.
11 • ! SCHEME FOR DEVELOPMENT. 'OVER TEN MILLION ACRES. 1 ; A. and N'Z. SYDNEY. April "8. ' : Tt is understood that under the 1 1 Government's country development plan ! tho first scheme adopted will apply to the Murray River lands, where 9.650.000 acres, at present held under grazing leases, carrying an average of one sheep to 30 acres, will be avai'ablc. Eicept ' ! about 20 per cent., the whole of this is considered usablt for wheat growing. 1 In addition there <;re some 390.000 acres ' I which it is proposed to plate under irri , gation and divide in-o small Mocks for I | intensive cultivation. Three railways. '' involving 300 miles of lines, with three I I bridges across the Murray River to link ' I up with the V ctonan lines, will he re- '! quired to bring the are-a under rloser ' settlement. 1 Members of the Cab net unofficially state the the Commonwealth and Imperial Government apiorove and will ! provide the necessary money.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LIX, Issue 18077, 29 April 1922, Page 9
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