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' ALBURY AVATER SUPPLY.
_ ALBURY, AA'ednesdav.
A lie Federal Capital Association is dis
posed io doubt tlie accuracy of the report
of the engineer as to the feasibility of ob
taining a gravitation scheme of water sup
ply lrom tho Murray, The , engineer has
reported at the instigation nf tin, lfn,i.„.„i
capita coniniissioner ithat there is a fall
ot only 150 feet in the Murray in n dis-
tancc of 52 miles by road, and "the league
I ..is decided that inquiries be made as to
tlie cost of obtaining a cheek survey. It
f i?naiS0 l>T,al.)pIy fol'a CW of
lcpoit of Colonel Holmes, ithe Indian ex
pert, who reported ou the JIurray some
years ago in connection with a large irri-
giition scheme for the plains district of the
Riverina. lhe association lias decided to
rte Y'th Jlr Oliver, pointing
out that a gravitation scheme is not essen
tial, and expressing astonishment at the ad
verse report of tlie engineer. '
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