“RONGOTAI ROCK”
SHATTERED BY EXPLOSIVE As indicated a week ago, Rongotai Rock, the one solid protuberance on the Lyall Bay Reserve, has had to be demolished in order to remove an obstruction from the airport area. This rock was at one time spoken of as a possible grandstand for the new sports area to be created thereabouts, but time brings changes, and one of them is the diversion of the area mentioned from a sports ground to an aviation field. The rock, which has long been a landmark at Rongotai, was under-tunnelled last week and on Saturday some 12001 b. of explosive was fired within it. There was no spectacular display as a consequence, but on examination it was found that nearly the whole of the rock had been well enough shattered to make its removal easy. The rotten rock, of which it was composed, will be used to surface the sandy levels in its vicinity.
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Dominion, Volume 22, Issue 54, 27 November 1928, Page 10
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