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Dominion, Volume 23, Issue 57, 30 November 1929, Page 32

What may be termed a feat of daring attracted a number of interested onlookers in Dunedin a few days back. Two stuy-ropes of an Aerial mast had been blown away by the recent high gale, nnd to replace them the services of the Fire Brigade’s extension ladder had been secured. A mechanic undertook to mount the ladder to a height of 71 feet above the street, and, as the ladder had nothing to lean against but thin air, the work certainly appeared to the fascinated onlookers to be performed under precarious conditions. The top of the ladder sagged slightlv under the weight of the mechanic, but reliance bn its stability and seeming absence of nerves enabled him to perform his work in a most*.oisiirely manner. The Otago Radio Association has made the mechanic in question a present in recognition of his services.