RIVER ACTION AND GROYNES.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 483, 16 April 1909, Page 3

RIVER ACTION AND GROYNES.

; 4i; -■ ■ THE MOTJTH OF A RIVER CLOSING TJI Judged from the present appearance of th beds of the streams at . the junction of ,th Waiohine and Maungatarera rivers, betwee Carterton and Greytown, the area draine by the Maungatarera will, be subject to seriou floods after every severe or lasting rainfal The mouth of the Maungatarera is bein closed up by the action of the groynes, whic have been, constructed near by on the wester bank of the "Waiohine River to save the Waii hine Bridge. Unless some change is mad writes our special correspondent, it would a] pear that the mouth of the Maungatarera mui eventually be closed right up, in which cai the river will almost certainly break throng on the main road about six hundred yarc from the junction. Until that happens, hov ever, the area drained by the river, prii cipally Dalefield, will 6uffer severely froi floods. In fact this part is flooded in plac. now even with only a modest rainfall. T1 present position of, things is another of tl river problems which have been puzzling tl Wairarapa. local bodies for many years. The roses in the garden bloom .with grace, And with their perfume sweeten every place; But Laxo-Tomc Pills , Cure all'digestive ills,. , And will make the roses bloom in any face. I LAXO-TONIC PILLS. lOld. and la. 6d.