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New Zealand Times, Volume XXXVII, Issue 8352, 12 February 1913, Page 9

At the corporation yards yesterday afternoon, before several of the city councillors, the city engineer, and a few well-known contractors, a new machine for mixing concrete was tested. It appeared to fill all the claims of those interested in its introduction. The machine is upon wheels, and can be run about as desired without trouble. In the body of the machine there is an oil engine to drive the mixing and feeding mechanism, also a pump to supply the water necessary for preparation of the concrete. It was explained that the men who were feeding it merely keep the hoppers filled, and tho machinery does the measuring. mixing, watering, and conveying, the result proving a very large saving of manual labour, besides giving the mixture a working which it was claimed is practically impossible with hand labour. The test occupied & little over an hour, and a few cubic yards of concrete were put through the machine and deposited in an excavation prepared under the direction of Mr Morton. Eating twelve mince-pies between Christmas Day and Twelfth Day is said to insure.the eater twelve prosperous months during the current year.