Outsize in Chisels.

Taranaki Daily News, 4 June 1935, Page 4

Outsize in Chisels.

The Bluff Harbour Board’s Lobnitz rock-breaker is engaged in breaking rock between No. 1 and No. 2 berths at the main wharf to give a greater margin of safety to visiting vessels. The rockbreaker is really an outsize in chisels for it is a huge iron drill, 45 feet in length and weighing 18 tons. This is mounted on a punt and raised and dropped like a pile-driver. The drill has a hard core and a softer metal outside, so that it sharpens itself as it works.

Anti-Poaching Campaign. In spite of the efforts of the Wellington Acclimatisation Society’s rangers poaching continues in all parts of the district, according to the society’s annual report. “The well-organised system under which the ranging is done is not sufficient to cope with the evil,” the report proceeds. “An attempt is to be made for a more comprehensive arrangement with honorary rangers with a view to a more efficient organisation to apprehend culprits.”

Footballer Breaks Neck. A fractured neck was received by Robert Johnston, aged 30, of Peria, Matamata, when playing football at Matamata on Saturday. He is in the Waikato Hospital and his condition is fairly serious. Another footballer,- Richard Hughes, aged 30, of Victoria Street, Cambridge, was admitted to the Waikato Hospital on Saturday evening suffering from a fractured left leg. He was playing for the United Club in the Cambridge senior competition when the accident happened.