SAND AND GRAVEL
Sir,—ln a previous letter of mine the following statement appeared: “Railway waggons are already being transferred by plane. Filled with shingle, they may be too heavy. I could be enlightened on this.” Surely that is plain enough to be understood by even a primary schoolboy, but not by C. E. Allen, who conjures up a ‘‘pipe dream’’ of his own, attributes it to me, swats it to his own satisfaction and then crows by asking, “Next please.” I have been trying for years to secure co-operation of citizens by stressing the danger to Christchurch of building stopbands to control the Waimakariri, a process which cannot be applied indefinitely without disaster. Freight planes are built today to carry immense loads and will continue to improve in future. They will be available for charter for special purposes. Why not shingle?—Yours, etc., HIRAM HUNTER. January 20, 1956.
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Press, Volume XCIII, Issue 27873, 23 January 1956, Page 8
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