EROSION AND RIVER CONTROL

Chronicle (Levin), 27 May 1946, Page 4

EROSION AND RIVER CONTROL

FILMS TO BE SHOWN ; From a very successful tour of ' Southern Hawke's Bay, where the icollection of films on erosion in [this and other countries were seen jby many hundreds of people, the t mobile cine uiiit of the New Zealand Soil Erosion and Rivers Control Council is conling to the Manawatu Catchment Board's distxdct on | this side of the ranges for the nexi two weeks. The first half of the itinerary for the week commencinr on Monday, May 27, is advertisec ; by the Manawatu Catchment Boardin this issue. The films are all talkies and several are in technicolour. included i in the varied programme of picitures dealing with soil_ erosion and I rivers control are two on soil I erosion and its effects in New Zea1 land! ' Typical ' conditions in the North Island are shown in a specially taken film of erosion and loss oi land in the Poverty Bay and Hawke's Bay districts, while condi- ; tions in the South Island back | country are shown in a fine technij colour film of the famous Mol-es- | worth Station in Marlborough. In |addition, the old man river, the I Mississippi, is shown as America's iliumber one problem in river conj trol, alongside which our own river, I the Manawatu, is but a baby. | though still a serious problem to us. j Other interesting and instructive pictures in the use of land in relation to soil conservation and the prevention of erosion, are included in the varied programme, which is the first of many it is intended te bring to the people of both to\vn and country to enable them to know more of this important prob- | lem. I The prevention of loss of soi1 j from our hills and river flats anr1 the prevention also of flooding of j valuable land with consequent los? I of property and production, are of j vital' interest to all.