MANAWATU-OROUA DRAINAGE SCHEME.
‘UNTOLD GOOD TO THE COUNTRY.”
Speaking in reply to the toast of “Farming Interests,” at the social tendered to the Prime Minister, at Palmerston North last Thursday, Mr J. Linklater, M.P., and Chairman of the Foxton Harbour Board, referred to the above drainage scheme. “Consistent treatment in the matter of drainage is also needed,” said Mr Linklater, “and in the Manawafu we have a great scheme being pushed on by men who have the interests of the country at heart for the drainage of a vast area in the lower reaches of the Manawatn River. This big scheme is going to relieve some of the best land in the Dominion of flood waters as well as removing a menace to the roads, railways and bridges for all time. The project is going to do untold good to the country, and I feel sure that when it is brought before (lie Government, assistance will he forthcoming.”
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Manawatu Herald, Volume XLVI, Issue 2700, 26 February 1924, Page 3
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158MANAWATU-OROUA DRAINAGE SCHEME. Manawatu Herald, Volume XLVI, Issue 2700, 26 February 1924, Page 3
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