NEW GUINEA GOLD
MACHINERY CARRIED BY AIR
AUCKLAND, January 23
The remarkable feat of carrying heavy goldmining machinery by aeroplane ' n t° th e hinterland of New Guhea was referred to yesterday by Air W.
A. Freeman, chairman o.f directors <d the Rnlolo Gold Dredging company, who was a through passenge.-* >
Mariposa for Honolulu, in the course of a world trtur. Air Frepman said the machinery, which comprised the parts for building the gold dredges, was carried by aeroplane from Salamoa, on the coß*t, to the B-ulolo Company’s field, which was JO miles inland. The largest single pic~e of machinery to be carried weighed three tons, and the flights took place over mountainous country. A bud anti a cow had also been carried over the route. Although critics had Raid the ta.sk could not be accomplished, the programme of construction had followed the time schedule and kept within, the estimates.
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Hokitika Guardian, 24 January 1933, Page 6
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