PREVENTION OF FLOODS.
manawatu proposal. [by telegbafh.—press association.] PALMERSTON NORTH. Friday. Tho Manawatu-Oroua River Board received a report from its engineer of a modified scheme of flood control as the forerunner of a more elaborate and comprehensive scheme originally decided upon. The modified scheme is based on the lines of the larger proposal and is calculated to act as an efficient prevention of floods pending the. time when, the larger undertaking can be completed. Tho salient feature of the modified scheme is that it largely provides for improvement of the river channel and the construction of spillways. The opinion of the engineer is that tho scheme, if adopted, would give protection for years to come and allow consummation of the major project to be arrived at gradually. The cost of the scheme is estimated at £174,000.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXII, Issue 18996, 18 April 1925, Page 10
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