FOXTON BAR.
HARBOUR MASTER’S REPORT.
The following is the Harbour master’s report on the local bar for the month of July: —“I have sounded the bar five times during the month and find depth of water has been 9ft 6in at highwater spring tides and 7ft 6in at highwater neap tides. Since my last report the bar has spread considerably, and the channel being wider has had the effect of reducing the depth of water on the bar. Another cause for this has been the prevalence of easterly weather, which cuts off the tides. The spring tides now coming show' indications for the bar deepening, the channel apparently being more confined. The river at the present time is better than it has been for years, all the crossings carrying good water, being eight to ten feet at ordinary tides. From the fishermen’s huts to the heads the river is gradually working to the north bank, and all buoys in lower part of river have had to be shifted.
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Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXI, Issue 465, 5 August 1909, Page 3
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168FOXTON BAR. Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXI, Issue 465, 5 August 1909, Page 3
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