SYDNEY’S HARBOUR
INTERESTING FIGURES
PRESIDENT OF TRUST ARRIVES The Sydney Harbour Trust controls 188 miles of foreshore. Within threequarters of a milt of the Post Office there irt 64,000 feet of wharves. T AST year 8,366 ships entered a -*-4 port of Sydney. These interesting figures were giv: this morning by Mr. W. D. Loverite president of the Sydney Harbo. Trust, who arrived by the Aorangi t: his first visit to New Zealand. Work on the bridge across the Sydney Harbour is well up to time, sal Mr. Loveridge. Despite labor troubles, good progress has been mat The contractors are working frea each end of the structure. “We are still using turpentine pii» in Sydney,” remarked Mr. Lovendt“but we are considering concrer While I am here I want to look at yor wharves and the harbour. We are abusing petrol electric cranes for or wharves.” Mr. Loveridge remarked that M year was a record one as far as shiy ping -was concerned in Sydney. 1h previous best year was in the w period, but this had now been n ceeded. Approximately 16,50V' tons of cargo was handled.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 183, 24 October 1927, Page 8
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187SYDNEY’S HARBOUR Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 183, 24 October 1927, Page 8
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