“CATCHMENT” BOARDS
FLOOD PREVENTION PLANS BRITISH ACTIVITIES I British Official Wireless. ) RUGBY, March 9. The Commissioner for special areas in the United Kingdom has begun a campaign to promote the formation of “•catchment” boards for the prevention of flooding. A circular has been sent to the local authorities in South Wales, Durham and West Cumberland, drawing attention to the special 60 per cent, grant ■which the Government is prepared to give to such schemes in distressed areas with the dual object to promote employment and improve land drainage. The work will include the reconditioning of waterways, the creation of channels for flood waters, and sea defence works where land is liable to inundation. Forty-eight catchment boards are already in operation in England, but few of these are in the special areas, where flood damage is considerable.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 79, Issue 59, 12 March 1935, Page 5
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