The white cliffs of the Kentish are slipping into the sea. .Crevices which have been noted in the cliffs of the affected area "are widening, andl the authorities are extremely • anxious. A curious result of the numerous cliff slides is thal^hfe Channel for miles out is white in conse" quence.- of the waves of the incoming tides washing against the enormous masses «f chalk' which have fallen on the foreshore. The slides. are not regarded as an-unmixed evil at St. Margaret's. Bay,, wjiere it \M thought r that the grjeat. ba.iik of chalk on the shore, will act as a breakwater and arrest the erosive action of the tides.. In recent years the beach has been, deluded' of shingle to . tlve-, extent of: six feet eat'h year, in. spjte'.bf lwavy expenditure. on sea defences, . k
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXXII, Issue 10302, 9 March 1905, Page 2
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