SLIP ACCOMMODATION
... A NEED IJ* WELLINGTON. Durin» question time at the meeting of the fiarbour Board last meeting, Mr. W. Cable asked the. chairman whether 'he knew that a vessel had been waiting in Wellington.for weeks to undergo repairs, and was unable to get them done. Years dragged on in Wellington, and nothing practicable was done. Mr. R. .A. Wright: What about the floating dock? Mr. Cable: "That's coming all right." Continuing, he said it was a fact that one vessel had been lying in Wellington for weeks waiting to go on the slip, and it was no credit to tho port. He wished to impress on members that Wellington needed an up-to-date dock or another bis slip. Wellington required more facilities for ship repairs, and the Harbour Board should know it.
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Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 3177, 30 August 1917, Page 7
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132SLIP ACCOMMODATION Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 3177, 30 August 1917, Page 7
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