THE WANGANUI HARBOUR.
IMPROVED DEPTH ON THE BAR. (Per Press Association.) 'Wanganui, November 2. Engineer Haworth reported to the Harbour Board last evening that the old bar at the entrance of the river has practically disappeared, there being an improved depth duo to scour of two feet six inches. Where the bar formerly existed, and three or four years ago the depth was between ten feet and eleven feet, it is now 25ft. Gin. The bar is GOOft. beyond the end of the moles, where the depth is 22ft. Gin, and the Board proposes to extend the moles another 1500 ft., where the depth is 30ft to 40ft. , Tho engineer says that vessels drawing 20ft. can now enter the port.
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Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXIV, Issue 59, 2 November 1912, Page 6
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120THE WANGANUI HARBOUR. Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXIV, Issue 59, 2 November 1912, Page 6
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