LANDS DEPARTMENTS WORKS.

Hauraki Plains Gazette, Volume XXXIII, Issue 4362, 6 January 1922, Page 2

LANDS DEPARTMENTS WORKS.

TWO DREDGES FOR WAIL TWO MORE FOR THE PLAjiS. A number of dredges recent acquired from America as a reJit: of a visit to that country by MrL 3. Thompson, chief land draina«cngineer, have already arrived aKare doing very valuable work. flßrs, however, are still on the American Steel Dredge ConlKr’s dipper dredges, or pontoon dnßes, have arrived in Auckland. Th.eß.re to be used by .the Lands DepaiAnt on the Waihi Swamp. Anothewo, which are to be assembled pßhe Hauraki Plains, are expected jK.rrive very soon. The two machines for WaßMre oil driven and are tp float ■ pontoons, the pontoons being with the dredges. Those for raki Plains are of the same are steam driven. Though th«e Meter, ones are also to float on poitodifc, the pontoons are not supplied, |t,owing necessary for the Departing t|o construct their own. VI I These new machines are capfbi af digging drains from 21ft to 49fufd£'. As well as being able to dig low water, the 1%-yard buckeyk:i dig 20ft above the water, level. •’ CONCRETE WORKS. ■ . At Mangawhero the is constructing a concrete aq\euc4 where there was once an open fait) which began cutting away the ’yadl. The aqueduct is about 1 200 4 i i» length. The Department hop?#- to' : have this work completed befoij'the’ winter sets in. *i Three new concrete culvertr-have been completed on the Ngarur Aad. WELCOME SIGNPOST 1 it is. the Department’s inf JBn to' erect signposts at various on the Hauraki Plains- for the cor.lenience of the travelling public, rection of _the main settlementsUlill be indicated. It is not definite Alsu the posts will be erected, but work for .the immediate future, j j;