A RAILWAY TO THE HEADS.
. • : - To the Editor mishap to the Australia in (H>nnn^>n^--the iharbor is a proof of the necessrtyfbr a railway to the Heads, With , i deep-waterpier for. large, vessels. Instead \ of the' H-trbor Board mortgaging its endow* meint for L 230,000 and virtually throwing the | amount into the, sea, it,, would be definitely better&c. whrqh | coiild be oompleted for one-half this amount, and even tb ruif it frefe of charge, to. large ! vessels—besides the expenses of the railway would be less than keeping a channel clear. The depth' of Water at the Port Chalmers pier is not more that seventeen or eighteen feet, and at‘the Heads thirty-five to forty feet low tide.—l am'&c., . . Y. Z. Dunedin, June 1.
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Evening Star, Issue 4140, 3 June 1876, Page 4
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121A RAILWAY TO THE HEADS. Evening Star, Issue 4140, 3 June 1876, Page 4
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