The new waterworks weir at Nelson is giving a much increased pressure, with the result that the old water mains have burst in various parts of the town. At one of the hotels, while the water was turned off on Saturday, a. lodger forgot to turn off ... tap, with the result -•-<l4 that when water was turned on again the room was 'flooded, and the strange sight of water pouring in a cataract \ the windows into the street beiw was seen. No great damage was done.
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Gisborne Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2445, 9 March 1909, Page 5
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86Page 5 Advertisements Column 1 Gisborne Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2445, 9 March 1909, Page 5
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