A party of territorials of the D Company Machine Gunners were at Mount Vernon, Hawke's Bay, last week and accidentally shot down one of the transmission lines connecting Waipukurau with Waipawa sub-stations of the Central Hawke's Bay Electric Power Board, with the result that the supply of current was interupted for a fairly long period, reports the Napier "Telegraph." The falling line set fire to the grass, which was promptly extinguished
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Press, Volume LXXI, Issue 21412, 2 March 1935, Page 4
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71Page 4 Advertisements Column 3 Press, Volume LXXI, Issue 21412, 2 March 1935, Page 4
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