PALMERSTON NORTH SHOW.
Show entries arc now finally closed, am! the. list disclosed an advance on last year, which is exceedingly gratitying. a.s there is no getting away from the fact that the (aboqr difficulty is now making itself very severely fell. This was imind to he the case _ in Hawke’s Bay, so that taking this into account the'result must be considered exceedingly satisfactory. Applications for space arc also very numerous, and quite a- number of new ideas x\ ill be shown, amongst others being a caterpillar tractor, the largest of its kind in the Dominion, and similar to these used for hauling the heavy gens in the war areas. This principle of propulsion is the system used on the famous tanks, and the exhibit should prove of great interest to visitors. The grounds are in excellent heart, and all that in now required for complete, success is line weather.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume XLII, Issue 10116, 25 October 1917, Page 2
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150PALMERSTON NORTH SHOW. Manawatu Standard, Volume XLII, Issue 10116, 25 October 1917, Page 2
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