CROPS FROM MUD
TRANSFORMING WHATAPAPA INLET ■ANUKAU HARBOUR .SCHEME A NOVEL reclamation project, involving the formation of a low-level basin in an area row submerged at high water, was explained to membere of the Auckland Harbour Board yesterday. The board mu'de an inspection of the southern end of the Manuksu Harbour, fuel deviated from its route to visit the head of the Whacapata inlet, on Ike property of Messrs Yates and Co., Km aka. Bare, the party was shown an expanse of shallow water. By building h dura across the entrance to the inlet Ike owners of the adjacent property titan to convert 180 acres into fertile INtu. The cost is estimated at £27 «a acre, but sanction to undertake the wwk will, of course, have to be reMtvsd from the Harbour Hoard. The mudbanks would have to be left to “sweeten" before they could be Plaited, but lit is expected that they ’■wild prove wonderfully fruitful.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 174, 13 October 1927, Page 1
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157CROPS FROM MUD Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 174, 13 October 1927, Page 1
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