SEA EROSION.
The erosion of w cliffs along vVo'Jcomb* Tetrnoe und Octa?iug piao was -eferred to at the 80-ough Ouncil mooting on Monday night. Cr. Brooking said the m&.ier was beoamtng most suious. In one piace qirta 30 or 40 font of the cliff had gone within a nhort time, and so n we should have i.o Woolcmre Ten ace or Octaviuu Plae*. The sea se med to strike against the nil.-ay tea wall and cut into the cliff. Cr. l.takuM said th<t at the present rate of the erosion Mr Hopkins' propaity wou d b« ats.a in twelve months. The May. r said an old resident had told him sinvltr erosion was going on wtst «jf t e BMgail.)u» f H h 1 o. Or, Oat tar moved tint the Works Ootnmittee brin.; do-'u a report at neit m .tint'. The Govorament will be approached to see if any cmi's ance can Oe obtained from the Railway Depart* merit.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXIV, Issue 108, 13 May 1902, Page 2
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