Ifo further action regarding the removal of overhead wires dangerous to air traffic at the Napier aerodrome will be token until some indication has been eiv*n of the date on which the aerodrome will be reopened after repairs. It is necessary to remove half a mile of wires, costing £325 of which the Hawke’s -Bay Electric-Power Board has quoted £125 as its share For technical reasons, the Post and Telegraph Department has refused to place its wires underground.
“Boys are dying after being on this type of work for two and a half to eight years. The position has not vet become acute in New Zealand, but Lie possibilities are very serious, and we should urge the health authorities to make prompt investigations, to prevent the snread of a malignant disease.” This comment was made by Mr. L. A. Jarden at a meeting of the United Burgesses' Association church, when he voiced a protest against the sand-blasting nroeess mein many iron-foundries, ename.il;works, and coach-bdild-ng -n n -’ /u The association instructed Mr. Jaruen a letter -on tbe subject •mbinisßiaO to the Ministm
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 19107, 31 August 1936, Page 11
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