NGARURORO RIVER
Progress With Control Scheme Good progress continues to be inade with the Ngaruroro river eontrol scheme, and for the four weeks ended September 14, 35,774; cubic yards of material were handled on the various earthworks, making a total of *241,10;) yards to date. During the period £4246 was expended, making a total of £43,527 spent on tho sclieme since its inception. At to-day 's meeting of the Hawke's Bay Rivers Board the engineer, Mr G. Rochfort, stated that 170 men and 42 teams were employed on the sehenio. The cost of handling the material had averaged as follow:— By cart, 1/1 0.3d per pard ; by scoop, 1/8, and by excavator, 9d. The clearing was now completed through Puninga, and a fuvtlier 84 chains of fencing had been erec'ced.
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Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Volume 81, Issue 9, 4 October 1937, Page 6
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130NGARURORO RIVER Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Volume 81, Issue 9, 4 October 1937, Page 6
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