The auxiliary water sources are being harnessed to Auckland's dwindling supj)ly under drought conditionfi, and by next week the citv and suburbs will be drawing at least 3,000.000 gallons_ daily by pumping from belou gravitation levels.—Press Aesn. Model railway engines appeal as much 1o adult men as to youngf boys., And there is a beautiful miniature locomotive displayed in Collinson and Cunninghame's No. 2 window. Built to blueprint specifications, this engine can be stoked up with coal and powered with steam. Capable of a boiler pressure of 901 b to the square inch, it can pull a carriage holding three people. This model will be on display only a few more days.*
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LXIV, Issue 37, 12 January 1944, Page 5
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