THE WAIKATO RIVER.
GRADUALLY SILTING UP. FLOOD DANGER INCREASED. (Per United Press Association.) > HAMILTON, August 17. The Minister of Public Works (Mr E. A, Ransom) and a large party of Government officials, engineers, members of Parliament, and public body representatives made a tour of the Waikato River to-day. The river is gradually' silting up, and it is hoped that the Government will give material assistance towards dredging it. The present shallowness causes winter flooding, affecting 100,000 acres of swamp land which, if brought under cultivation, are estimated to carry 1000 families. It is believed that the deepening of the river channel will drain this land, Mr Ransom promised to spend £ISOO on an investigation.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 20799, 19 August 1929, Page 10
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114THE WAIKATO RIVER. Otago Daily Times, Issue 20799, 19 August 1929, Page 10
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