“Funny idea for the Railway Department to be putting down holes through volcanic rock by hand work?” remarked a contractor in the train when watching men working at Ellerslie. He added: “The Power Board does similar work with electrically worked drills in a much shorter space of time.”
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Northland Age, Volume 23, Issue 47, 17 March 1924, Page 7
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48Page 7 Advertisements Column 1 Northland Age, Volume 23, Issue 47, 17 March 1924, Page 7
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