PIAKO SWAMP RECLAMATION.
Jt-LAiRGE UNDERTAKING, BUT ' - AA'ARRANTED. Press Association. AUCKLAND, Dec. 3. Interviewed to-dav as to the progress of the Piako Swamp drainage ■works, Sir Joseph AVard-stated that there are 50 men now employed cutting channels and drains. Two spe-cially-constructed Priestman dredgeE fliave been cabled for to. England to cut a channel 15 miles long, from the mouth of the Piako to the .. aitakaruiu, and the works will he energetically pushed on under the supervision of Air. Brakill, who is an charge of the works. “AVlien this work is completed, I hope and believe,” said Sir . Joseph, “that the swamp will be turned into some of the best land available in the province.” . ■■
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Gisborne Times, Volume XXV, Issue 2054, 4 December 1907, Page 3
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113PIAKO SWAMP RECLAMATION. Gisborne Times, Volume XXV, Issue 2054, 4 December 1907, Page 3
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