DOCKING THE NELSON. A MISHAP AND A SUGGESTION.
The flagship of the Au-bralian equadion> 11. M.*. "Nol-on, has been m dock hero dilling Lho E\hibibion gaieties. I am in" formed that there were difficulties expoiiencod in getting tho vc.s-el into dock, and on Satuni.iy la 4b when she wum being oaken out she took tho giound, and btuclc fast for some time. She was, however, jrotv oft without suliciintr any damage. Thc.-^o incidents, however, su^'re-t that 1 1. would be a good idea for Auckland Harbour Board to feciui to the Exhibition a model of Auckland Harbour, showing the Calliope Dock, the depth of water, and the .safety with which much larger vc^eK than the Nol-mi can be docked at any state of the tide. A seriet of photogTciphic a iowrt ilMmtratinrr the simultaneous docking" of 11. M. ships Diamond and Calliope at Auckland would aKo, it sliovvn in the New Zcalaa • Couit, gn c visitors a favomable impie^ion of Auckland's advantigo as a naval and commercial city.
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Te Aroha News, Volume VII, Issue 291, 18 August 1888, Page 6
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168DOCKING THE NELSON. A MISHAP AND A SUGGESTION. Te Aroha News, Volume VII, Issue 291, 18 August 1888, Page 6
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