REPAIRING PUNT

Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 1, Issue 72, 9 October 1939, Page 5

REPAIRING PUNT

COST OF £25 The purchase of a pump for use on the board's punt was mentioned at Friday's meeting of the Whakatane Harbour Board, and it was decided to leave the matter in the hands of the chairman and engineer. The chairman. Mr J. W. Sumner, saul that Captain Carey had been instructed to inspect the- small punt and report on the necessary repairs, and that the harbourmaster had stat•t j i _ j —,nlor»r»rl -on

Ed that the punt could be placed'on the slipway and that he coul.d do the work, which would entail the replacing of a plank on each side ?i caulking and tarring,. As this work would hardly coma within his normal duties the harbourmaster said that he hoped to be remunerated ft)" it on an hourly basis He would do the work in his spare time. Later he estimated that hrt could do the work for £15, and that materials would probably bring the . cost up to £25. ' Mr A. iF 1 . McGougan asked if they , had work for the punt? The punt was getting in a worse condition a}l the time, said the chair man. Tt would be a pity to let it deteriorate any more. Mr Sumner said that the harbour--1 master though" the punt would be c more useful than the big one for use - in . deepening the channel at the - wharf. 2 Tt was agreed that the work

should he clone.