“It will take me at least three months’ steady work to pay the debts incurred in building the bridge, so I cannot spare the time to attend the opening ceremony.” This apology from the contractor read at the opening of the new bridge over the Wairio Stream at Nightcaps on Saturday caused amusement.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 27 June 1939, Page 6
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