A recent visitor to the Piako Swamp country, whore- the Government is carrying on an extensive drainagescheme, .speaks enthusiastically of the value o-f the land that is being reclaimed for cultivation. On land that had been drained ho saw red clover growing high, turnips, (grown without manure) Tin and Sin thick, and grass as high as a man’s head. _ TV here _ a motor-launch took shooting parties, only a few years ago, one can now drive a horse and dray. A canal, which will he 16-J miles long, 40ft_wide and 20ft deep, is part of tlio drainage projeet. Confidence is the greatest odvert'ser in the world. This in a large wav has contributed to the success that has attended Grieve, jeweller. Try him for smallest repair, watches or jewellery, and be will soon have your confidence *
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Gisborne Times, Volume XXVIII, Issue 2745, 25 February 1910, Page 2
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135Page 2 Advertisements Column 3 Gisborne Times, Volume XXVIII, Issue 2745, 25 February 1910, Page 2
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