GISBORNE FERRY SERVICE.
6 i possibility of discontinui ANCE. (By Tolcgraph-Presß Afisodatloßi) i Gisborno, January 8. When seen to-day regarding a rumoW • that tho Takapuna was to bo withdrawn • from tho Gisborne-Napier ferry service at tho end of tho present month, Mr. Prosx ton, manager of tho Union Steam Shir Company, stated thdt nothing whatever | had been definitely oensiderod or decided. . 110 addod significantly, howwer, that th* , measure of support expected na a result of tho incessant clamour for tho ferry ser--1 -v ico had Wit by any means been realised. a Tho running of a vessel like tlie Tokapima f was a eenous and heavy cxponso quite apart from the risk of working tins ro- ' stnetod port in all -weathers, Fortunately „ tho weather had bo far, with small ex- , ception, been distinctly favourablo whilst tho work of placing tho breakwater blocki in positon was proceeding. This fact tend' od to relies in small measurt the tmxiotj felt with regard to tho navigation of th»
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Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1641, 7 January 1913, Page 4
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165GISBORNE FERRY SERVICE. Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1641, 7 January 1913, Page 4
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