NEW WHARF
THE CHATHAM ISLANDS
A large quantity of timber and other material to be used in the construction of a now wharf at Waitangi, Chatham Islands, was on board the intercolonial motor-ship Port Waikalo, when she arrivod at Auckland today from Newcastle. A small quantity of contractors's gear will bo landed at Auckland, and some may be taken on board at Wellington. The Port Waikato should leave Wellington about Tuesday for Waitangi.
The decision to build 'a wharf at Waitangi is the result of negotiations extending over several years. The,contract price for the wharf alone was £10,348, and" the cost of the approach and shed is expected to bring the total expenditure to about £12,000. The Rope Construction Company, of Auckland, was the successful tendever. In January the company sent fin advance working party from Lyttolton to Waitangi by the r-'.eamer Tec?, which <i!so fook an overseer- and a member qf the Public Works Department's ensinocn'n? staff to survey and set out tlie approach roud to the wharf.
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Evening Post, Volume CXV, Issue 75, 30 March 1933, Page 11
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