THE WEED IN LAKE TAKAPUNA.
Dealing with the weed _in Lake lakapuna would to a simple matter if a steam , winch with wire rope and, grip attachment' driven by steam from the station boilers was fixed at each pumping station. . With strong ring posts fixed in suitable positions and two or three leading snatch blocks the weed could bo quickly hauled out of the lake and carted away. Once the present accumulation is cleared, the foreshore of the station* could easily bo kept clear by the station staff. This is the method" adopted for hauling logs out of the bush and the facility' with which it flvorks is wonderful. ' "VV.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18389, 3 May 1923, Page 4
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