Although it will be about another week before the dredge, which is to carry out the major portion of the work of filling in the area of the Karoro lagoon, for the aerodrome extension, will be in operation, good progress has already been made with the filling and road formation on the eastern side of the lagoon, by means of the usual filling procedure, tip-lorries. The contractors, Messrs. W. G. McKay ' Ltd., are using a dragline scoop to fill the lorries with shingle on the beach. | and this has expedited the work, the I scoop filling the lorries, which have I to run only a short distance, in a fraction of the time that would be occupied by hand shovelling. Do you appreciate these qualities in Towels! Good drying! Hard wear- | ing! Dainty colours! Low Price, i Then seo the range of new Turkish I Towels in C. Smith’s. window. They’re amazing value —Advt. Now is the time if you want* new high class men’s wear cheap. Whites on the Fashion Corner are closing their Men’s Department. Every article must go. Remember the Department definitely closes Saturday. —Advt. New Books aud Reprints at B. Dixon’s, Ltd., Tainui Street: “Trumpets Calling,” by Aydlotte, 7/6 (6d); “The Waveless Plain,” an Italian autobiography by Starkie, 12/6 (6d); “News of England,” by Beverley Nichols 10/6 (sd); “Love Went A-Riding,” by R. Blaker 7/6 (4d); ‘The Duchess' of Windsor,” by Wilson 15/6 (4d); “One to Live With,” by Ayres, 4/6 (4d); “Old Motley,” by Audrey Lucas, 9/6 (sd); “This Proud Heart,” by Pearl Buck, 9/6 (4d); ‘Living in a Village,” by Fay Incii'awn 5/- (4d). —Advt.
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Greymouth Evening Star, 7 September 1938, Page 6
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