MECHANIZED JOBS
Minister Claims World Records By Telegraph—Press Association. DUNEDIN, March 24. Several world records for mechanized jobs under way in New Zealand were claimed by the Minister of Public Works, Mr. Semple, in a statement today. Among them was the shifting of 6500 yards of rock daily at the Nguhauranga .Gorge, 7000 yards on the Whenutrpai aerodrome, and also that the Homer Tunnel would be the world's steepest. The Minister stated that the Public Works organization would have an important bearing if war occurred. With its wonderful machinery it could throw up forts and dig protections overnight.
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Dominion, Volume 32, Issue 154, 25 March 1939, Page 10
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98MECHANIZED JOBS Dominion, Volume 32, Issue 154, 25 March 1939, Page 10
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