The contractor for opening Lake Ellesmere, io Canterbury, has at last accomplished bis task, which, owing to ihe unfavorable weather of late, has been, of more than ordinary magnitude. Six or seven times has he opened a coarse, which has each time been blocked up by the heavy surf occasioned by iba south-west, gales. The water irom the lake has at present taken complete possession, and runs out into the «ea, defying the Btreogth of tha garf, acd ia eaid to present one of the grandest sights to be seen in that part of the Province.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume IX, Issue 287, 4 December 1874, Page 4
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