Gold Dredge Trails.
So that dredging claims in gold-bear-ing areas shall not become weed-in-fested and unsuitable for farming, the Government has taken steps to see that dredging companies do not leave the land to waste, said the Minister for Mines (the Hon P. C. Webb) at Auckland. The Mines Department now issues licences on the condition that trees shall be planted on all land left in a state unsuitable for farming, he added, so that the districts should become more valuable national assets than they otherwise would be. The Minister quoted the Barrytown area, chiefly swamp. As the dredge advanced the soil was replaced, and it was found that the land was much improved for general farming.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 19 October 1938, Page 4
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117Gold Dredge Trails. Wairarapa Times-Age, 19 October 1938, Page 4
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