DEMONSTRATION OF MACHINERY. —Between three and four thousand people last week-end saw demonstrations of machines at work levelling 103 acres for the creation of an emergency aerial landing ground at Parararaumu, These machines are shifting an average of over 50,000 cubic yards of soil and sand a day. On the right the Minister of Public Works, the Hon. R. Semple, explaining the use of ,the area to those present. The Hon. P. C Webb is on the left.
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 19994, 20 July 1939, Page 16
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78DEMONSTRATION OF MACHINERY.—Between three and four thousand people last week-end saw demonstrations of machines at work levelling 103 acres for the creation of an emergency aerial landing ground at Parararaumu, These machines are shifting an average of over 50,000 cubic yards of soil and sand a day. On the right the Minister of Public Works, the Hon. R. Semple, explaining the use of ,the area to those present. The Hon. P. C Webb is on the left. Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 19994, 20 July 1939, Page 16
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