Emphasising the greatly increased cost of municipal work, at the Gore jubilee dinner the Mayor, Mr A. T. Newman, menticinod Unit SO or 40 years ago gravel had Ween carted at. lOd a yard. ‘‘Now.’ he said, "our liiftt. contract was let at 2s f»t a yard—and we reckoned we were getting it cheaply.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXII, Issue 18759, 16 July 1935, Page 11
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