Waitara News.
(dy telegraph.) . (from our own correspondent.) : . Waitar*, Thursday. The steamers i G'airloch, Ro^'ena, and Huuraki ari lef i on the same; tide yesteiv day with fall cargoes of cattle, steep, and carcase meat. The scene was animated when' they were all loading at the ' same tune, none of them were longer than hours m port from the time of ar•'rival to departure. r Ay large \ number of pas«engers went away. . . -. ..The §t. ; Kilda left at noon. She was the deepest draft steamer that has ever been here. Strangers are surprised at the excellent navigationj good bar, deep water, and-strttigh&chanriel the river iscapable of being niadej iiearly equal to the Wangauui. There is a fine area of good couri-tiw-on both; banks. ' »" • • , ,Thei.revehue of the; Harbor -Board is steadily' increasing^ and another loan is likely to' be obtained to be expended m dredging operations and protective worksj • '■/, ''■', ' ■ • The meat freezing works are m full operation. '■ ' v ' ■•'
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Manawatu Standard, Volume X, Issue 41, 16 July 1885, Page 2
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156Waitara News. Manawatu Standard, Volume X, Issue 41, 16 July 1885, Page 2
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