PORT OF MELBOURNE.
■ IMPROVEMENT SCHEME. 0 By Telegraph— Presa Association-Oopyriehl ;•. * Melbourne, April 9. A report brought from London by; Mr. W. Davidson, Inspector-General of Public Works, embodying a scheme _of harbour improvements prepared by Sir ; William Matthews, the well-known en- ; gineer and a member of the firm of, Coade, Son/and Matthews, has beeft; submitted to Cabinet. ■-. . :.^". The report condemns .the, short-out soheme recommended by Mr.W. Fergu- : son, of Wellington. It recommends a new pier at the point where Mr. Ferguson recommended a short pier. The pier is to be 1800 ft. long and 210 ft. wide, affording accommodation for four of the largest liners likely to come here,;. Exclusive of railway lines and con-, nections, the pier would co3t £370,000* The ' report' provides for the construotion, later on, of other piers. ;
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Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 788, 11 April 1910, Page 7
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131PORT OF MELBOURNE. Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 788, 11 April 1910, Page 7
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