Up. to. the present the committee of the Hawke's Bay A. and P. Society have collected £2306 of the £5500 needed for the purchase of the Tomoana showgrounds site. An attempt was made on Friday last to destroy the electric plant at the Queen's Theatre, Auckland. The theatre, as usual, had been darkened while it was noticed that the current was shortcircuited. The machinery was immediately stopped, the manager explained to the audience that it would be necessary to make an examination of the plant before* proceeding. Investigation revealed , that a piece of iron wire had been twistgd round one of the brushes of the dynamo .and pushed into the machine m such a manner as to cause serious damage. It was only by the greatest good luqk tliat the machine was not entirely dostroved.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXXIX, Issue 12657, 10 January 1912, Page 3
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