Huge Water Conservation Scheme For N.S.W.
Received Wednesdav 11.35 a.m. SYDNEY, Feb. 23. The New South Wales Government has decided to build a water conservation system costing £2,300,000 near Menindie, on the Darling River. The Minister of Conservation, Mr. G. Weir, said it would be the largest storage system ever undertaken in Australia, and that it would- supply water to over 1,000,000 acres of pastoral land between Menindie and Wentworth. The Premier, Mr. J. MfcGirr, said that the scheme would be completed in from six to eight years, but that the benefits would be available before that time.
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Chronicle (Levin), 23 February 1949, Page 5
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