Work in connection with the completion of St. Mary's Cathedral is proceeding steadily (says the Freeman's Journal). The authorities recently introduced a steam drill to test the foundations. Already they have completed the test for the foundations of the tower, and are now proceeding with that of the buttresses. In all sixteen bores have been made at" a cost of about £BO. The authorities considered that it was only right that nothing should be left undone to secure < foundations, on solid rock. The bores were made from 'J 10 to 15 feet below the portions that have been ex- ■; - cavated.
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New Zealand Tablet, 18 September 1913, Page 49
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