HARVEST OF STORM
GOLD DEPOSITS EXPOSED
SCOURING IN WESTLAND (0.C.) HOKITIKA. Wednesday Although the recept rough weather has caused delays to industry and transport, the beachcombers at Bruce Bay benefited to a great extent by the action of the heavy seas running along the coast. The water scoured away the main beach and exposed layers of black sand carrying heavy deposits of sold. The beach at Bruce Bay is famous for its gold-bearing sands, and as soon as conditions moderate beachcombers will he hard at work. They are expected to reap substantial returns while the conditions permit. The sea is encroaching right along the sea front of the West Coast. At Bruce Bay, the heavy seas of last week scoured away the main road fronting Bruce Bay, endangering a stretch of two miles and holding up traffic to Bruce Bay township. W hen the road was constructed it was surveyed some chains from the coastline, so as to minimise the danger of erosion, but the heavy seas of last week swept right inshore. It is stated that it may be necessary to survey a new roadway further inland.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXVIII, Issue 23995, 19 June 1941, Page 8
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188HARVEST OF STORM New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXVIII, Issue 23995, 19 June 1941, Page 8
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