TIMARU BREAKWATER
A southern ? journal r says ; ; Spite ( bf sandbapks, shingle? and.,mother, awkward foes, theTimaru breakwater is making steady'progress, ahd^thb/ a iVtrirns 3 frbm the landing servic'd;' are I ‘very''' satisfactory.' At the Harbour Board meeting, ‘ bp' the 19th,...the to. the Janding, service reported the arrival during the month? -of dl sailing,-vessels" and- i 7 steamers; l ' 24 -i bf‘ the *b6’Vb”Md‘‘lwbn'niore ' br 1 1 less kt' 'the ‘ wharf. JK.- . ii fiju ■; • ih y’h". --; m tatim-m. h ’’ he, says, . “.are • £673* Jig- 4d,< ;prtd nett £226 3s.m As il am how working With one boat Short of mjf' complement; ! in anticipation of a tery hpaVyg/ainseason, I beg to request, that I, may bq proyided with another:? newt boat of the/same dimensions -asdlie one last) obtained froth Mr John Anderson.” The-‘Ehgitleer' reported* .thatf! djirLug idasfcirooulha the foundation - blocks of the mole were extended 86ft, makingl2lft : of the present contract. The’ Harhbhr Board have decided to. hire .a steam , tug. for, three months,, to fatflUatenther shipping
work of the port. They have aLo determined to widen the entire length of the wharf 'ny 12ft to admit laying a tiiiid line of mils, the present accommodation being inadequate.
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Patea Mail, 27 March 1882, Page 3
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195TIMARU BREAKWATER Patea Mail, 27 March 1882, Page 3
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