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VALLEY NEWS.

(From Our Own Correspondent;) . C.mraiiTox, Tuesday,", Mr J, Carr Smith,, who is at present "studying in Edinburgh, has decided- to take,, tip ' the' Wairarapa praotioe af his father, the late Doctor Smith, and may be expected back in a few months. About twenty -fire persona attended the meeting held here last night to discuss the scheme for- irrigating the township, aud more particularly the surrounding township, including the Taratahi plain, by a water race from the head .of the Waingawa river, .or, if necessary, from the ; ' Ruamahunga river. Those present were townspeople rather than representatives of thefarming interest. Mr Coleman Phillips is promoterand advocator of the movement. A preliminary survey was estimated to cost twenty fivo pounds, whilo for about two thousand five hundrei pounds the water could be brought down. 'l'he idea is to form ah irrigation distriot and borrow money from the Government under the Act. A proportionate rate to pay interest and gradually repay the principal would then be struck. This would make the cost of irrigating one hundred acres, about £1 per annum, and for fifty acres and less, ten shillings per annum. Nothing definite was done last night, nor was any committee formed, The Mayor was merely asked to bring the matter before the Carterton Borough Council, and if they thought fit call a public meeting. . Over two thousand sheep have just gone down from Wairarapa to the freezing works in Wellington,

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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XI, Issue 3688, 16 December 1890, Page 2

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VALLEY NEWS. Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XI, Issue 3688, 16 December 1890, Page 2

VALLEY NEWS. Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XI, Issue 3688, 16 December 1890, Page 2

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