SAND DRIFTS
The statement that the Government cannot see its'way to take steps to "Stop the sand drifts along this.' particular portion of the coast is regretted our Levin correspondent). The outlay* would be small, Hi relation to tho bene-l fits to be. derived. :The position ..to-day is a serious one. ‘ Hundreds of acres of* what were qncq good grazing land are now an unvarying monotony, of ..sand dunes, and each year tho sand encroaches bn the land to a_, greater fstent. Thg planting.of lupins on the seaward sidO| would effect an' enormous improvement and a...point, that should b© emphasised; is the suitability of. pjuea fpr tbs land- 1 ward side. A systematic planting of pines from tho Fbxtbh beach' to tho mdulli of the.Ohaii. would, irwn a-Jbehlth point of view, prove an inestimable boon to the whole county, and for many' miles' .north, and south as .well. . . With tho sea close at hand, Levin, with its many attractions,' might become New Zealand’s Bournemouth.
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New Zealand Times, Volume XXXVI, Issue 8180, 23 July 1912, Page 2
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164SAND DRIFTS New Zealand Times, Volume XXXVI, Issue 8180, 23 July 1912, Page 2
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