WHAKATANE SWAMP LANDS
HELP BY THE GOVERNMENT. By Telegraph—Press Association. Wellington, Yesterday. Mr. Kensington, 1.5.0., Under-Sec-retary for Crown Lands, returned on retary for Crown Lands, returned on Saturday from Whakatane, having visited the big swamp area in that district. It is 80,000 acres in extent, and is held by Crown tenants on tne optional system. The Rangitaki Drainage Board having found the problem too large financially, succeeded through the instrumentality of Mr. Mao Donald, M.P. for the Bay of Plenty, in getting the Government to undertake the work of draining the swamp. The work will be done by the Lands Department. An admirable outlet can be made to the sea by cutting through the sand hills opposite Whale Island and a large reef running from it to Raurimu Island. The construction of this outlet at a cost of about £SOOO, will lower the water by six feet. Crown tenants will recoup the Government by a special rate. When the scheme has been completed, the land will become one of the richest pieces of country in New Zealand. The preliminary work for the scheme is now in hand.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIII, Issue 55, 14 June 1910, Page 5
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187WHAKATANE SWAMP LANDS Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIII, Issue 55, 14 June 1910, Page 5
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