PIAKO SWAMP.
TIIE "WORK OF DRAINING. '(]iy Tolcgrapli.—l'rena. Association.), iv; i., • ■ - AuoUlamt, A\igt>sb'l2> -. ■ The work of draining tlic Piako - Swamp goes on steadily. Already 20,000 acres liav< been drained, and three surveying parties 1 are now engaged on this bldck, "which-will bo ; ready. for settlement in twelve - months. The two dredges aro now engaged on tha main, canal, ~one at. Waitakaruru, and th« ;.other:,at, : ;th6" v iippor' end"of 'the swamp!;' ■ At. draipin'g^piir^oi!?. .'havo tekem^'jplac©.vflaxT-'.|ias'', J ! abundance, but' tfwing'.'td.tlie'vlpw-^ no induceinoht: to . : make:'"use';of it.
'It^'is.'.festiihatcd: tHat-if the fifty or sixty .mills. , V ■ : ;
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Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 586, 14 August 1909, Page 7
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91PIAKO SWAMP. Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 586, 14 August 1909, Page 7
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