(1) Destroyed by weather and time. Tents that were left to their fate. The mess room of the camp is shown m the background. (2) The sheds, ramshackle and decrepit, which house valuable machinery and other material. Months of neglect are reflected m the decaying condition of the material. (3) A valuable collection of steel pipes, the estimated total value of which is £2000. They were left exposed to the elements many months ago, and still remain. (4) More waste. Another view of the stack of steel pipes and (m foreground) a stack of hardwood planks. (5) The tin shanty which was supposed to protect the locomotive used on haulage work from the ravages of rust, and decay. (6) Another glimpse of material lying about to rot' and decay.
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NZ Truth, Issue 1261, 30 January 1930, Page 1
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129(1) Destroyed by weather and time. Tents that were left to their fate. The mess room of the camp is shown m the background. (2) The sheds, ramshackle and decrepit, which house valuable machinery and other material. Months of neglect are reflected m the decaying condition of the material. (3) A valuable collection of steel pipes, the estimated total value of which is £2000. They were left exposed to the elements many months ago, and still remain. (4) More waste. Another view of the stack of steel pipes and (m foreground) a stack of hardwood planks. (5) The tin shanty which was supposed to protect the locomotive used on haulage work from the ravages of rust, and decay. (6) Another glimpse of material lying about to rot' and decay. NZ Truth, Issue 1261, 30 January 1930, Page 1
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