Waimate wheat silos to be built

IT is hoped that by the end of the year the first wheat silos erected in New Zealand will have been built in Waimate (says the Times) and the quartet of them, surmounted by the elevator tower, and, in all, over 100ft high, will be a landmark for miles around. The work of building these silos for the South Canterbury Flour Milling Company has been in hand for some time now, and Mr E.S. Wood, of the Concrete Constructions Ltd (Sydney), is now in charge of operations. Each of the four great concrete cylinders will hold 30,000

bushels of wheat, equal to 800 tons in weight. The internal measurement of each silo will be 86ft high and 25ft in diameter. The four of them will be set together and practically adjoining.