PUSHING OFF THE TOP OF A HlLL.— Manual labour and machine work are combining in the reduction of the height of the hill above Moa Point for the improvement of the glide to Rongotai Aerodrome, Wellington, into the prevalent north-west wind, but there are thousands of yards of clay and rock to be shifted before the work is completed. This machine literally pushes the top of the hill downhill.
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Timaru Herald, Volume CXLII, Issue 20509, 29 August 1936, Page 22
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69PUSHING OFF THE TOP OF A HlLL.—Manual labour and machine work are combining in the reduction of the height of the hill above Moa Point for the improvement of the glide to Rongotai Aerodrome, Wellington, into the prevalent north-west wind, but there are thousands of yards of clay and rock to be shifted before the work is completed. This machine literally pushes the top of the hill downhill. Timaru Herald, Volume CXLII, Issue 20509, 29 August 1936, Page 22
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