A BIG SCHEME.
RECLAIMING THE ZUYDER ZEE.
TiiM*' — 'Sydney Sun' Special Cables. (Received Dec. 6, 8.5 a.m.) THE HAGUE. Dec. 5. The Dutch ParHahljent-will shortly consider a scheme for reclaiming 815 square miles of the Zuyder.Zee, and converting the remaining 557 square miles into a freshwater lake. The cost will be £15,750,000, exclusive of interest. It will take thirty-three years to carry ctut the scheme. It is believed that a portion of the reclaimed area will be available for settlement in seventeen years.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXV, Issue 10713, 8 December 1913, Page 5
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