THOMSON PARK.
--.- V -* +r-. f■; V v •,. •' ; waS Mr W"d. Jamieson, ohairman of the coin,qjjsseer3gs' t£<g: Smpmit Boad Scenic Keing to the erection of the shelter in ' Thomson Bark was referred,, to ,ih.e of ' the" shelter." a reporter'last i»ight that-the men-em-ployed ' on the work' of preparing the sitje". are'; doing ; remarkably - well, and tlie foreman'expressed himself as well pleased with work is,, being done under' 4 the No.- 6' Unemployment Scheme, and there,' are, fourteen men , »n> the-jqV." i'.',,,, '{: -":. ' , ' ' -„ ;Jd^' J laki < ie36n said'that Be-was abjy surprised with lihe' progress made with", the work.' When the Public Works Itepartment ceased operations *otf rayfr fading • Ajom - - the Kiwi, "quantity of isfohe vrpa" left'on,jt. -This has.been removed who have selected stone '"Sraifaole- for''building the shelter and . there is. n<ow ,r good track from the Kiwi' to the -site 'of -the shelter. -, The' back of the shelter, which is 4 ? tp be built jnto the. side of the lull; and tfie work, of excavating has been completed. .In the, centre pf the' segment, ou the wall, is to- be inserted a. bronze plate recprdihg' tba|i the park was .presented -to.the public by-Mr J. J. Thomson, of toaway ;. Trees are to be planted in ;^fje e Ticinx& writhe shelter. 'Mr'-Jainie-fQto\«oss\*l!hQp H. was "estimated e N <jonV',i ■■j&Wtfb' fl£ wM Of -tliyee^Wepks.- -Fewer jSe employed* once a imadj9 . tfe'e ». Mr rCecil i W<jm had, prepare*- the design of the-:
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Press, Volume LXVII, Issue 20198, 28 March 1931, Page 2
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