THE WATERWORKS.
' •'' 'ii' The deputy-Mayor (Mr W. P«ttie) who, with the Borough Engineer visti'tfa the waterworks yesterday stated tljis morning that good progress had be^n made with the No. 3 deviation. It vvas expected that the trenches would be-com. pleted to-day. To-morrow, the ,ilife?e inch pump, M'hich has been supplying? tne town with Mater since the damage ;wap' done to the pipe line, will cease wtirify • ing, to enable the pipes fo be t-emqtfed . to the new trenches. Given a fine day? and everything working satisf acttolly, this work is expected to be cohipleted to-morrow, and if the pipes "CHIT be cp'fl : nected up m time ifn efficient supply bf water might be available on Friday, btit at the latest on Saturday. Mv Pettie wishes to remind .-. hquaW holders to see that their taps aire ttitnewv .olf, for when, the water comes on there is likely to be a high pressure. ?'.■'■ . This morning a start was> made with the laying of the 8-inch stfeel pipes across Kaiti bridge, which are to give t^e residents on Kaiti an efficient supply. Since the Eadter flood they have been' dependent on a 2-inch, pipe lor supply. . '•■•'•''•:
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXXVII, Issue 12215, 3 August 1910, Page 4
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193THE WATERWORKS. Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXXVII, Issue 12215, 3 August 1910, Page 4
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