Beneath the roading in the Exhibition grounds, which is equal to 12 miles of main highway, there is a network of drainage pipes, water pipes, gas mains and electric cables. The drainage and sewerage systems alone involve the use of 12 miles of piping, and many- more miles of piping for the water supply has been used. There are 275 miles of electric cable laid in the grounds, linking up with an intricate network every .section of the buildings and grounds for the supply of electric current, which will be used in vast quantities when the Exhibition opens. The paths in the Exhibition grounds will be paved with crushed brick covering an area of 81,000 square yards.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 26 September 1939, Page 9
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