Provided that an exceptionally large flood does not do some unexpected damage, it is honed to complete the dam at Mangahao and have the scheme in full operation by the middle of February next. Work is proceeding night and day in eight hour shifts, and from the suspension bridge which spans the river 150 ft above the level of the stream and a similar distance below the dam the scene of operations presents a spectacle of rather bewildering bustle, which on examination resolves itself into a well-organised whole. Straight in front at about the level of the bridge towers the completed portion of the wall. rising straight and while from the stream hod below. On the <loft. gap in the centre a score or move of men, looking -like an Is in the depth and in their bustling activity, toil in the spreading of the concrete, which is fed down to them in a continuous stream from two chutes. The young wire wishing to economise should always use a small packet of “No-Rubbing" Laundry Help. It makes a little bit of soap go a very long way. Is only for 7 weekly washings. Carter and Co.—Advt.
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Hawera Star, Volume XLVIII, 30 August 1924, Page 7
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