THE PROTECTION OF THE SPIT.
"We are glad' to perceive that steps are bcing taken to protect the weakest portion of the Spit from the further action of‘the sea, which during the late rough weather had swept completely over, ijt v at. the.,top of house atreetr, and- behind the -stores recently occupied by Mr Janisch as an auction mart, which stores, by the way, 3eein to have alone prevented much .further encroachments, and the washing away of the north-western end of 1 the Spit at! the heads; 'The means employed for tile purpose of protection consist' l in placing the two old boilers of the Huntress, filled with stone, in the breach, and bedding and Hacking them" in with large blocks ol limestone. We trust that these meuus will prove effectual ‘ for the intended . purpose. Meantime we are glad to notice that the beach itself ii fast remaking, by the'detion of the waves 1 , a strip of considerable breadth, having been deposited all along to the point named from the. Bluff at .the eastern cud, where an extensive landslip has w’ljich ; we believe has been the occasion of the new deposit, and which new deposit, is . gradually extending to the western end.
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Hawke's Bay Weekly Times, Volume 1, Issue 23, 24 June 1867, Page 147
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202THE PROTECTION OF THE SPIT. Hawke's Bay Weekly Times, Volume 1, Issue 23, 24 June 1867, Page 147
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