One of the remarkable features of the Mid-Canterbury irrigation and power development is- that the trunk water-race, carrying 1000 cubic feet of water .a second, is taken under two rivers and several streams by great siphons. Above is pictured the crossing of the trunk race and the Ashburton River, while surplus water is discharged into the river by the wide, shallow race in the left centre of the photograph. On the right are shown three of the "drops" which reduce the head of water in the race and slow down the flow to prevent damage ■. to the race, which is 25ft wide at the bottom and carries The presentation of a casket worked in New Zealand woods by New Zealand Servicemen to Mr. B.J. Jacobs, president of the N.Z.R.S.A., by Mr. G. B. Menzies, of Napier. The casket, which has a beading of English, oak to symbolise the bond between the two countries, contains a scroll setting-out the aims and objects of the association.

Evening Post, Volume CXXXIX, Issue 147, 23 June 1945, Page 10

One of the remarkable features of the Mid-Canterbury irrigation and power development is- that the trunk water-race, carrying 1000 cubic feet of water .a second, is taken under two rivers and several streams by great siphons. Above is pictured the crossing of the trunk race and the Ashburton River, while surplus water is discharged into the river by the wide, shallow race in the left centre of the photograph. On the right are shown three of the "drops" which reduce the head of water in the race and slow down the flow to prevent damage ■. to the race, which is 25ft wide at the bottom and carries

The presentation of a casket worked in New Zealand woods by New Zealand Servicemen to Mr. B.J. Jacobs, president of the N.Z.R.S.A., by Mr. G. B. Menzies, of Napier. The casket, which has a beading of English, oak to symbolise the bond between the two countries, contains a scroll setting-out the aims and objects of the association.