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John Arnold

_The Evening Post_, 22 April 1925:
CARGO OF GUANO
DISPUTE WITH WATERSIDE
WORKERS

(BY TELEGRAPH.—PRESS ASSOCIATION.)

AUCKLAND, 21st April.
Trouble arose to-day over the discharge of the Union Company’s cargo steamer Kakapo, which arrived early this morning from Walpole Island with a cargo of bagged #guano. Six gangs were engaged to work the vessel, but when the steamer berthed at Central Wharf only three gangs were ready to commence discharge. The hatches were lifted, and everything was ready for unloading, when the secretary of the Watersiders’ Union ordered the men to cease work. The hatches were again covered, and the steamer remained idle.
The Union Company state that the men were offered 2s 7½d [ca. $16.60 today] per hour to work the ship, but the offer was not accepted. The award wage for the working of guano is 2s 4½d [ca. $15], 2d [ca. $1.05] in excess of that for the handling of ordinary cargo. A similar situation arose when the Kakapo arrived at Auckland some months ago with the same kind of cargo. On that occasion the vessel was idle for several days before an agreement was reached. No decision had been reached to-night.
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Black-and-white photo: S.S. Kaiapoi (1906) discharging guano from Walpole Island. 1928. Photographer, Foss Tackaberry. Description: A line of railway wagons are shown on the wharf waiting to be loaded with guano from the S.S. Kaiapoi (1906), which is berthed alongside. The photo is captioned in white ink on the album page: “S.S. Kaiapoi Discharging Guano From Walpole Island. Grabs and Cranes Used. Rate of Discharge 40–50 ton per hour, Jan 1928.” Citation: New Zealand Maritime Museum Hui Te Ananui a Tangaroa, Accession No. 2015.69.15. https://collection.maritimemuseum.co.nz/objects/2360/photograph-ss-kaiapoi-1906-discharging-guano-from-walpole-island
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John Arnold

_The Evening Post_, 11 April 1925:
IMPROVEMENTS AT 1YA
According to the “New Zealand Herald,” #1YA has greatly moderated its broadcast service.
Afternoon broadcasts from 2.30 to 4.30 have commenced, and will be given on four afternoons a week. While mechanical music will be given at first, it is understood that other arrangements are being made for the immediate future. Permission has been obtained to install a microphone in “Dixieland,” and the work is to be proceeded with at once. The long-waited microphones for 1YA have been dispatched from Australia, and upon their arrival it is proposed to immediately broadcast the Lyric Theatre Orchestra and the Dixieland dance music. It is hoped to obtain a room below the studio to receive the artists and to serve as a waiting-room, so that no other than the person being broadcasted will be allowed in the studio.…
The writer of the foregoing (“Thermion”) states that with the increase of 1YA's wavelength to 420 metres, a good deal of interference by ship’s morse on 450 metres has been experienced. The station has reverted to 330 metres, and, although the input power has been raised to 200 watts, … there is no apparent increase in the volume locally.
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Black-and-white photo: Showing Shortland Street, Emily Place. 1926. Photographer, James D. Richardson. Description: Looking west showing Shortland Street, Emily Place (left), Shortland Flats, (left), 1YA radio mast, Bycroft’s premises and the Northern Roller Milling Company Limited in Fort Street (right). Citation: Auckland Council Libraries. https://digitalnz.org/records/30079052/showing-shortland-street-emily-place1926
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John Arnold

_The Evening Post_, 7 April 1925:
DRIFTING SAND
FORESTRY OFFICERS INSPECT
COMBATING RELENTLESS
ADVANCE.
Good agricultural #land in various parts of the Dominion is being seriously threatened by the continuous and unrelenting drift of sand, and although much has been done by the State Forestry Service… to combat this, further experimental work is at present being carried out…. Altogether there are 92,000 acres [37K ha] of dune country in the #Wellington area, and 183,000 acres [74K ha] in the #Auckland district.
The menace… has become manifest particularly along the coast of the North Island between Wellington and New Plymouth, and the north coast of Auckland…
The theory advanced for the spread of the sand dune country is that before the advent of the European population…, the greater part of the sandy land was more or less stable, and Dr. L. #Cockayne, hon. botanist to the Department, declares that over-grazing and injudicious stock of land has caused it to become loose.
… settlers along the coast… refuted this suggestion…
As the waste sandy country is privately owned, very little action is being taken…, but… the Government, by… the Sand Drift Act… has power to undertake the work itself.
…
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Black-and-white photo: Large wandering sand dune with great sand-fall at its advancing end.... 29 Nov 1925. Photographer, Leslie Adkin. Description: A blurry photo showing a view from below of a large sand dune located somewhere in the North Island. There are small trees and shrubs in the foreground and a few plants growing on the side of the dune itself. Two figures appear to be standing on the skyline at the top of the dune. Citation: Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, Registration No. CT.010833. https://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/object/276230
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