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Gisborne Times, Volume LXXII, Issue 11452, 28 February 1931, Page 10

Never before lues the Auckland public seen so much of the lire brigade’s telescopic ladder as they wero privileged to see on Saturday and Sunday, when that wonderful pieco of mechanism played an important part in demolition operations in Hobson street. The o|uieknesS and accuracy with which it coukl be run up, swung round and adjusted .to all angles and' positions, cleat of all support except its weighted base,''were a source of unending admiration.' “'A useful toy. that,’’ commented one spectator.' “Think I. shall gtt lhy bdv to niake a model of it.” An hr-: chitect, impressed with the building construction facilities: in sueh. a- ladder, capable of extending Boft in 3Q seconds, had more practical remarks to make. “If a big contracting firm' weib .to .procure one of those,”, he said, “and; Info it out,' its usefulness iji building work would be such that they could more than recoup -their outlay in; two years. 'What labor it AvouldApave in the erection of scaffolding" alone!” . -’p.. 1 ' 1