IRRIGATION WORK
Ai II)-i A.\ ii l l *?M 11 ’1 I k.tii ri i !'.\ PK.ST IX 'I'!!!': WORT!) ‘•Tiiis Mid-tunic: bu;'y inigntion scheme Will he. the cheapest .in the woi Id.” said the .Minister of I’.nhiie Works, the Mon. It. Semple, when describing to some 500 persons at tin R a imitate diversion camp the uiagui tilde, of tin 1 work and. the way in which the use ol modern machinery, was keeping the cost to a minimum. Mr. Semple said the scheme would irrigate 4-20,000 acres at a cost of £6 an acre. Argentina has irrigated 6,000,000 acres at £lO an acre, and for schemes in other parts ol the world the cost ranged up to- £sl an acre, in' Australia.
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Opotiki News, Volume II, Issue 234, 15 September 1939, Page 3
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123IRRIGATION WORK Opotiki News, Volume II, Issue 234, 15 September 1939, Page 3
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