Dunedin Builders Busy.

Wairarapa Times-Age, 7 December 1938, Page 6

Dunedin Builders Busy.

November was a big month for the building trade in Dunedin. All builders had their hands full, as was indicated by the fact that when a firm oi architects called for tenders for the erection of an ordinary house not one reply was received. During the month the city council issued 89 permits. The total value of the work was £100,430. which brings the value for 11 months to £501,457. Horses’ Graveyard. Buried under Rongotai sands for 60 years, the skeleton of one of Wellington’s pioneer horses was dug up on the grounds enclosing the fast-gi owing Centennial Exhibition buildings. The skeleton was about 12 feet below the level of the ground when discovered by workmen who were engaged ip forming the lake which will lie in front of the central tower between the two main buildings when the work is completed. The exhibition site was evidently used as a horses’ graveyard at one time, as tnis is the fourth horse’s skeleton to be unearthed there this year and the second to be dug up in one week, the first being that of a pony. When discovered, the bones, although yellowed with age, weie in their original shape, but they crumbled when handled.