SALVAGE OF SHIP.
WORK ON PORT BOWEN. INSPECTION BY MINISTER. WANGANUI, Thursday. The Port Bowen wreck, which is being dismantled where it is lying, close inshore at Castlecliff, Wanganui, was visited by the Minister of Supply, the Hon. D. G. Sullivan, yesterday. The Minister said he was immensely impressed with the value to New Zealand of the work being done and the progress made. The vessel, Mr. Sullivan said, contained 8000 tons of material, which was being reclaimed—material comprising steel plates, steel angle iron_and girders, machinery, refrigerating gear, nautical instruments, and a considerable quantity of non-ferrous metals, which are valuable in normal times, but almost beyond price at present, when the difficulty of obtaining sufficient supplies of many things constitutes a major problem to the Ministry of Supply.
Some 80 men are employed on the work, which will take many more months. — (Press Assn.)
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Auckland Star, Volume LXXI, Issue 230, 27 September 1940, Page 3
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144SALVAGE OF SHIP. Auckland Star, Volume LXXI, Issue 230, 27 September 1940, Page 3
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