THE FEILDING WATER AND DRAINAGE SCHEME: INTERESTED SPECTATORS ■ l . AT THE PIPE-TESTING OPERATIONS. Ov4r two years ago the Feilding Borough Council borrowed somewhere about £45,000 for water and drainage, which they started to spend in a hap py-go-lucky , style, making agreements and contracts, the specifications of which are so vague that no one appears to be fesponsible for' anything. After months of wrangling, the Public Health Department stepped in and con demned a large quantity of drainage pipes already laid. This waa done by the smoke test,' as shown in the picture.
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Otago Witness, Volume 23, Issue 2684, 23 August 1905, Page 40
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92THE FEILDING WATER AND DRAINAGE SCHEME: INTERESTED SPECTATORS ■ l. AT THE PIPE-TESTING OPERATIONS. Ov4r two years ago the Feilding Borough Council borrowed somewhere about £45,000 for water and drainage, which they started to spend in a hap py-go-lucky,style, making agreements and contracts, the specifications of which are so vague that no one appears to be fesponsible for'anything. After months of wrangling, the Public Health Department stepped in and con demned a large quantity of drainage pipes already laid. This waa done by the smoke test,' as shown in the picture. Otago Witness, Volume 23, Issue 2684, 23 August 1905, Page 40
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