CAUSE OF SILTING
OBJECTS THROWN INTO HARBOUR Though fully understood by a somewhat tolerant Harbour Board that the average small boy finds t* hard to resist the temntation t.f> fling tins and stones into the harbour the practice has became, so prevalent that the Board has decided to erect notices Avarning the public that prosecution Avill follow th-'* apprehension of any person offending in this direction in future.
The. chairman, Mr W. R. Boon, said, that it had been the habit to throw overboard worn-out slings ami these had accumulated the si'i alongside the berthages and. gradually raised the level of the bed. The Harbourmaster: It is an offence to throw anything overboard, even ashes. .Members mentioned the habit of school children throwing stones un/l other objects into the harbour all oi' which resulted in the accumulation of silt. Others quoted, instances of shopkeepers who were in the liab-r it of dumping rubbish into the harbour. r.
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Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 7, Issue 12, 5 October 1943, Page 5
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157CAUSE OF SILTING Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 7, Issue 12, 5 October 1943, Page 5
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