Three City Council employees have been working since Tuesday on the task of painting the flagstaff in Victoria Square. Their work was completed yesterday afternoon, and the mast looks all the better for it? coat of paint. The first thing to do was to dismantle the rqast—take town the top portiop and the yard—and then set about painting them. To paint lower portion, -which was firmly embedded in concrete, a man was hoisted up on a small seat and he painted the stump as he was lowered down. The re-painted components were then reassembled, the guys tautened, and the staff was ready for use again.
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Star (Christchurch), Volume XLIV, Issue 43, 20 February 1931, Page 8
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