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The Gisborne Photo News

 

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Changing Face

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Job with a view......two workmen employed on the new city water reservoir on Nobhill, Campbell MacFarlane and George Nepe, apply the finishing touches to the ventilator on the top of the dome-shaped roof prior to pouring the first run of concrete.

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A view inside the reservoir of the immense latticework of acaffolding which supports the roof.

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Air-conditioner Arthur McWatt does a strongman act for the camera in pretending to hold up the unsupported concrete staircase which is a feature of the new courthouse.

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A wooden house in Argyll Street which was completely gutted by fire in the early hours of a recent Saturday morning. A family of nine children, whose parents were absent at the time, made a dramatic escape from their blazing home.