THE KAITAIA SWAMP
NEW DREDGE IN OPERATION. ! Owe of the two dredges ordered in c/omn«citdoini wfttih the Goivemimenit draiaiiagle siciheirojeis has mow been" installed on tihe Kaiiitaia swamp, and i* expected to. be in commission early next rnonith- A considerable acceleivar tdon of the work i® now expected. As As gienecCailly Skinown,. tihe sciliem© ipiwid'esi fon" tfcJie loiweiri-ng of Tangmige Lake and! the sfhartening! of tihe course otf the r^ver .be/tHveen, Awamui and Kaiteaa, which is designed tia reduce flooding: to' a, rhiiniimim. The Grown land which: will be brought inrf:k> sieltitilem€ln,t by the draiinagle sdheini)© madnly lies between fiho m-vieir 1 and /the siea, and iiltiraaitely if is proposed to open, up these 1 sieoitdons for T^eturnied soldier®. It will be soimie consiideiraible tiime befor© the land is available for* setitilemeait. The Chief I>ra,iniai2te Engsmeer (Mr ■ J. B. Thoimipisioni), who is &upervifii''nig the oipenaitiioms, Ttisiited the diistn-ict' Tasifi week in oomnecittibn with the in:staillattaoni o'l" the drtedger.
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Thames Star, Volume LII, Issue 13937, 16 July 1919, Page 2
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158THE KAITAIA SWAMP Thames Star, Volume LII, Issue 13937, 16 July 1919, Page 2
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