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The heavy steel beams which comprise the strength of the floor and outer shell, were all pre-cut in Napier, and assembled together on the site like a giant Meccano set. The building is pictured from Kaiti Hill with the city in the background.
The construction of the Gisborne Refrigerating Company's new beef-killing floor, which is situated behind the works under the slopes of Kaiti Hill, advanced at a rapid rate last month when the Hawkes Bay firm of Percy and Henderson erected the steel framework in three weeks.
The immense steel framework is evident in this lower-angle picture.
Three small boys had a grandstand view of the gee-gees at the Waikohu Picnic Races at Puha recently when they straddled the top of a sheep truck for their above-the-crowd vantage point.
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