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OPENING UP THE PIAKO LANDS.

In ooniietfbioni with thie above we are' pai"tiaularly pleased to note thlait as tihe result of the redenb visit of the Hon. R>. IMlclNabi anid party to the Raka lands, clonsider'aMe; aittenition is now toeing tMiiid to fhtei necessity thiat exi«>ts 'for tW draimage aaxd opening up of these lamdis' fbr setfcleiineint. Mr JusV Matekay, .whio: JqioKy^ ihei counlfcry mr

timately, has pubMsiued a very interesting resuanie of the pareeemt poftiitiomj, as to fch.e nticessity for the draiiniage of these lands by means of ai oanial, and 1 to the valuable asset iihiat the Government would thius possess. ,Mr Miaokay's proposal is tihlat the danal should! run ton .tihe moutih of the WaitaJsarurui liver to a point above the, jumdtioni, touching; the idver near thie. (Mjauikori bjlook. Mir Maokiay .also: proposes,: thie cionistrulcibion of a cainial on ,tihie eiaat side!: of: itiie iPiajko river stretching from a point at Eerepehi toi Maingarori. In this work, the drainage of the Tbuwhiti stiream, would pracitkiaillyi form pa*t of the scheme. Mr iSksoticiheir's idea, asi detailed to our representative recently, is to run a canal half way between Opani Point and the enitii'aiuce toi tihe Piako thiiough' that (block of land for a distance of about isix miles. .Those whio <know the ,kind.;wito .at ooiioe adhiit thiait 'bpitih of these schemes have mucK to eomanieind them, aaid it would,''be to the interests of tihisi and other districts if some ■suJdh wioiik was at any raita aonwnemicied. It is to b|e hoped 1 that the miatter will be brought promiinently before th« House during tfh© next session,.

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Thames Star, Volume XLIV, Issue 10525, 25 April 1907, Page 2

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OPENING UP THE PIAKO LANDS. Thames Star, Volume XLIV, Issue 10525, 25 April 1907, Page 2

OPENING UP THE PIAKO LANDS. Thames Star, Volume XLIV, Issue 10525, 25 April 1907, Page 2

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