NEW SWIMMING BATHS.
PROGRESS AT PUKEMIRO.
OPENING CEREMONY TO-DAY,
[by TELEGRAPH. —OWN CORRESPONDENT.]
HUNTLY, Friday
The Pukemiro swimming baths will be officially opened to-morrow, when the ceremony will be performed by. Mr. Andrew Burt, manager of the Pukemiro Collieries, and a gala will bo held. Mr. W. Lee Martin, M.P. for Raglan, will also be present. Tho baths aro the result of the efforts of a number of enthusiasts in the township of Pukemiro, who organised the campaign and collected by public subscription practically £2OO. Great assistance was given by Mr. Burt and the Pukemiro Collieries provided the labour for forming the baths gratis. The baths aro situated in the bed of a creek handy to both Pukemiro and tho mining settlement of Glenafton. Solid rock was blasted in this creek and tho baths are 100 ft. long, with a depth from 2ft. to 6ft 6in. and 21ft. wide.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20176, 9 February 1929, Page 12
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149NEW SWIMMING BATHS. New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20176, 9 February 1929, Page 12
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