TARANAKI LANDMARKS.
BEING BLASTED AWAY.
(By Telegraph.—Press Association.)
NEW PLYMOUTH, Friday
This morning about two tons of explosives were used in firing the first shot in the' sugarloaf, Paritutu, with the object of procuring stone for harbour extension. About '30,000 tone are estimated to have been dislodged. The engineers profess satisfaction with the results, much larger stone being dislodged. The mutilation of Paritutu, which is a historic landmark, has been much canvassed, but the results are said by engineers to justify it.
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Waipa Post, Volume XIX, Issue 1075, 9 April 1921, Page 5
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82TARANAKI LANDMARKS. Waipa Post, Volume XIX, Issue 1075, 9 April 1921, Page 5
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