DREDGE KATONE AT WANGANUI
By Te'eerimh—Press Aeaoclatlon. Wanflanui, September 14. A long awaited and important event in the history of Wanganui was the arrival on Saturday afternoon of the new dredge Kaione. The dredge will be employed in making a deep-sea harbour at! Castleeliif, and in deepening tho river channel lo the town. Great things are expected of her. The chairman of the Harbour Board estimates that in a month therj will be another foot of water in the river channel, which will enable ships lrhich now unload at,Castlecliff to come right up to the town wharf, and work will be continued until the maximum depth is obtained. The ICnione is what ia known as a trailing suction dredger of the stern well type, with a capacity of GOO oubio Yards, and capable of dredging to a depth of forty feet. Tho harbour works aro to be pushed on rapidly, for tho board is now jn a strong financial position, having i'ist raised a loan of .£150,000.
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Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 300, 15 September 1919, Page 5
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167DREDGE KATONE AT WANGANUI Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 300, 15 September 1919, Page 5
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