MODERN METHODS
A STRIKING ILLUSTRATION
fßy Telegraph—Press ■ ssociation.)
CHRISTCHURCH, February 24.
The Minister of Public Works (the Hon. R. Semple) symbolised his dislike of antiquated constructional methods in a striking way this afternoon when "turning the first sod" at the city airport, at Harewood. After atypical yerbal attack on the old way of doing things, he mounted the driving seat of a huge caterpillar tractor and ■ scoop and drove straight over an old wheelbarrow and shovel/crushing both completely.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXIII, Issue 47, 25 February 1937, Page 22
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78MODERN METHODS Evening Post, Volume CXXIII, Issue 47, 25 February 1937, Page 22
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