DAM CLOSED
TO ASSIST PROSPECTINC. J
(Per Press Association —• Copyright.)
DUNEDIN, July 10. : Keen interest was aroused in tlie closing, of the gates of the , Kawarau Dam on Saturday night. Word, was received from Cromwell this evening that the river had fallen about three feet in its wider parts, and a little 1 more. in’ the narrower portions of the gorge. Large numbers of men werp engaged in prospecting on the (river banks throughout to-day, but no substantial ' finds of gold were / reported, and the local do not seem, to be unduly optimistic regarding the reoult. ' - ■' Unemployed men will, however, be afforded an opportunity to make reasonable wages for a. sbfjf# time. The gates have-" bee« ' dropped for one week, and mining, operations will proceed between Cromwetl and. Beaumont. The Minister of Mines Hon. C,: E. Macmillan. ,consented to the closing, mainly in the interest of - the unemployed, and it is expected that several hundreds will participate.
Permanent link to this item
Hononga pūmau ki tēnei tūemi
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/HOG19320711.2.26
Bibliographic details
Ngā taipitopito pukapuka
Hokitika Guardian, 11 July 1932, Page 4
Word count
Tapeke kupu
157DAM CLOSED Hokitika Guardian, 11 July 1932, Page 4
Using this item
Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi
The Greymouth Evening Star Co Ltd is the copyright owner for the Hokitika Guardian. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International licence (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of the Greymouth Evening Star Co Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in