THE PIAKO SWAMP
Per Press Association.. Auckland, Last Night." - Interviewed to-day as to the progress of the Pinko Swamp drainage works Sir Joseph Ward stated that there are' nlty men now employed cutting channels ami drains. Two specialiy-con-stnjcied Priestman dredgers have been cabled for to England to cut a channel ifteon miles long from the mouth of ™,i •n t< ! the Wa,tak »ran«. and the ,?w I? K on ? r .S eticnll .V pushed on under the supervision of Mr. Brakill who is in charge of the works. "When ,•','" jr ,ri^ ,s a . t '° T mp,ctc(l ' X h °P e "»<1 be- I e said Sir Joseph, "that the swam,, Mil be turned into some of the best land available m the province."
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume L, Issue 61, 4 December 1907, Page 2
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126THE PIAKO SWAMP Taranaki Daily News, Volume L, Issue 61, 4 December 1907, Page 2
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