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fjpHE New Zealand Petroleum • Com-
i'-any advises that the Totangi bore has now reached a depth of 3830 feet, says a Gisborne message. The formation now being penetrated is tough .‘hale, which makes progress rather slew. The deviation from the ...vertical is only two degrees, which is satisfactory.
A N employee of the Gisborne Box
Company’s mill at Waitangirua. Mr. Thomas Charles Hutton, was killed instantly late on Wednesday afternoon when the tractor he was driving crashed through a bridge. The crash was heard a few minutes after Mr. Hutton left the mill, and an investigation showed the bridge had collapsed and that Mr. Hutton was pinned beneath the tractor.
New feature programmes devoted to international understanding are announced by the British Broadcasting Corporation. The intention is to break down the barriers of lanuage and customs which separate peoples by emphasising every day things which unite them, as well as ideals and problems common to them all.
A LARGE 16-roomed house in
Graham Road, Gisborne, was burnt to the ground yesterday. The fire was one of the most spectacular seen in the town. The house was insured with the North British a..d Mercantile Company for £2400.
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Northern Advocate, 21 April 1939, Page 5
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