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A revolutionary ditching machine was demonstrated to a group of farmers (in distance) at the Acton Stud Farm, Hexton. Driven directly from the power take-off of the tractor, it was drawn at walking pace across the ground, leaving a drainage ditch in its wake. The excavated earth is thrown high in the air and scatters across the adjacent ground, thus disposing of it most satisfactorily.

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The Harbour Board's floating crane recently salvaged a pleasure craft which had sunk in the Gisborne harbour after being involved in a wharf accident.

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A spectacular motorcar accident on the Roebuck and Palmerston Roads intersection on a recent Friday night resulted in three cars being extensively damaged. Pictured are two of them, a near-new Jaguar, which was written off, and a Morris Minor convertible, which received severe damage to its front half.