One of the very few instances where the Chinese are at last allowing machinery to bo introduced is the use of petrol engines for irrigation. Quite a number of these little engines are being used in the place of the laborious treadmills which have been employed for so many centuries for pumping water. The engines are mounted on boats, which go from place to place and contract for irrigating the rice fields.
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Manawatu Times, Volume LIV, Issue 6811, 15 January 1929, Page 4
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