EROSION PREVENTED
LAKE TAUPO DISTRICT ■ FISHING. AREA IMPROVED [by telegraph—press association] WELLINGTON, Wednesday The erosion which threatened to tak« away from anglers a good deal of th« attractiveness of parts of the Tongariro River and Lake Taupo, famous for their trout fishing, has been overcome by engineers of the Public Works Department. The Minister of Internal Affairs, the Hon. W. E. Parry, said to-day that originally it was proposed to place a groyne in the river to stop the erosion taking place on the left bank, particularly as the erosion was tending to spoil a number of the best fishing pools. The engineers, however, came to the conclusion that a better solution of the trouble was to open a cut through a shingle bank and turn the river, thus doing away with §he necessity for a groyne.
"The channel cut is functioning very satisfactorily," added Mr. Parry. "It may be .necessary later on to deepen the cut somewhat. One result achieved hal been the lowering of the river level in the pool immediately upstream, and improved fishing has resulted."
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXV, Issue 23018, 21 April 1938, Page 10
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