Citizens of Wellington will have to economise in the use of water. The level of the water at tho bigi Morton dam at Waiuui is now below the bywash. and if the present dry wen thin 1 continues there must he a daily fall at points of conservation, The Stewart apparatus was given i* two hours’ trial on the Grey bar last week. As the dredge passed across the liar, soundings were taken, these giving a low-water depth of Oft. There was a. swell estimated at 4ft. The tests were carried out on the shallowest parts of the bar with little or rio result.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LV, Issue 17231, 10 April 1930, Page 3
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