NGARURORO SCHEME
£29,152 Expended to Date COST A YARD I/Il .2d A total of £29,152 has been expended to date on tbe Ngaruroro river fiood-control ' scbeme. The average cost per yard of the material handled was 1/11.2'd per yard. Reporting at to-day' s meetiug of the Hawke's Bay Rivers, the engineer, in reviewing the prograss- of the work during the five weeks ended March 16, stated. — Labour: 84 men and 21 teams have been employed. Earthwork: Two gangs totalling 54 men and ten teams have been working on contract during the period; 22,420 cubic yards have been put qn the south levee. The total quantity shifted to date is 78.089 cubic yards and the cost l/ll,2d a cubic yard. Clearing: Six'teen men have been engaged and one mile of heavy clearing finished. Fencing : Two fencing gangs are employed on permanent fencing.
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Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 66, 5 April 1937, Page 8
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141NGARURORO SCHEME Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 66, 5 April 1937, Page 8
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