WAIKATO SWAMP LAND.
PERMANENT DRAINAGE.
GOVERNMENT EEPORT DISCUSSED.
(By Telegraph.—Own Correspondent.)
HAMILTON, this dav
Six year? ajro llic Waikato Swamp Development League a.-ke.] Hi.- !m Prime Minister, tbt- Flyht H<m. W. V. Massey, to have a ,urvi-v ma«l<" of tl.--Bukuhia an<l Woodlands -warn!-. <<•!:■- prising .".G.dOO acrp>. to enable -oik! level* over the whole area to be :i*rertaine<l as the basis of a permanent- and comprehensive scheme of (lr-miaa- , .
Nearly four y.'ars agr> the report was prepared by the Government officer:-, but when preM'iiteJ it was received with mixed feelinc- by the different drainage boards operating in the area, although the majoritv favoured a permanent and comprehensive scheme. Various conferences discussed the report but no unanimity was reached. The Manapawari Fiver Board persistently opposed joint action, but to-day, at its invitation, the representatives of seven drama"* boards met iu conference to further discuss the Government proposals. 1 lie Government has in the meantime refused to grant loans for partial works but it has indicated its willingness to subsidise a comprehensive scheme of drainage. The conference is proceeding. A
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Auckland Star, Volume LIX, Issue 229, 27 September 1928, Page 7
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