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The Gisborne Fire Brigade had three backward engines in its station last month....but they were not backward when it came to racing to the scene of a fire. The engines were turned around when Palmerston Road was being dug up for the laying of sewer pipes, and they were forced to use the back entrance.

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Cook County Council road-making machinery at work on Centennial Marine Parade, past the abattoirs, where they are developing the old "sand track" into a scenic drive around the bay. The new road will ultimately connect up with the Willows Road at the Waipaoa River.

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The Midway Surf Life-saving Club's proposed new clubhouse, cabaret rooms, shop, and public changing facilities, which is to be built on the beach frontage adjacent to the Churchill Park Motor Camp. A much-needed facility at this end of Waikanae Beach, the clubhouse should be built in the very near future. The building was designed by Courtland Design Services, of Gisborne.