Show Vast Irrigation Project f Sanctioned in Queensland SYDNEY N NS S. S W W. Dec 15 5 13 By ByA A A. A P. P Parliamentary P. ta sanction n o teas has been given en In Queensland eer an anor for or orI a new irrigation fi project j on ott the h Dawson w river which will 1 b be one of th the l largest ls i I in New South Wales The Initial ft cost ost costis is Js estimated at and Md a a. nigh storage dam darn which it Is pro proposed posed to construct Ill will require six years rears to complete complete- The plan Involves a a. large hydro ele electric generating plant The contemplated von con un- un dam will Impound som some r thing like acre feet teet of at wa waz wat ter tee which will 11 be carried from the tie dam twenty twenty- twenty seven even miles along th the natural bed of at the river More than acres of Irrigable land are Included in included In- In eluded in itt the project and In addition there r ore re f acres adjacent which i Or rO are suitable u b for grazing I purposes e |