BUSY DAY IN WAITARA

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVIII, Issue 81917, 6 February 1907, Page 2

BUSY DAY IN WAITARA

Friday was a busy day in Waitara—the river was alive with shipping. Lying in the roadstead oil' the moulli of the Waitara river vvns tlic moiistr-r liner Orari, anil from the freezing wharf to the oeoan-tranip ran the steamer Uanukau, lowing barge-loads of frozen meat, wool, ami other products of the soil, Wnilava handlesa large quantity of the wealth of Taranaki. On the Jay in question, the Orari took away

SlSil i|ii,irtfrs beef, -'1:12 carcases mutton, Olio carcases lamb, 112 carcases pork, liSl boxes sundries, 7011 bales wool, 150 casks tallow, -0 sacks Lotus, etc. The wharf sheds were kept busy, a big staff w.irkiu;; the dumping machine which mule, us live boy said, two bales of w> ' •■■■ ■ • :ie. There were about 2500 bales of wool

iu store al the tune, ami 31100 and upwards Lace been handled thin season. The dumper is a hydraulic, one, wiih an oil engine as motive power. Such lias been the amount of cargo to be handled this year that the Harbour B lard's sheds have been found iusiillieient to cope with it, and Messrs Burgess, Fraser i Co.'s big stores have been temporarily leased.

Tlie wharf was a hive of industry at the lime of our visit,. The scow " Reliance" laden above and below deck with timber for the new Bridge Hotel iu course of erection, was being unloaded. Busy stalls were loading tallow and wool on the barges. The oil launches Kolahi mid Wailura pulled an and down, adding to the din. The Manukau dropped the barges alongside, and then went Ikc k to the lree/ing works wharf, and was kept busy the day through. Anohu' stall could be I seen repairing and o locating the old wharf built in the 'f'O's by the Railway Department for the lau ling of railway material. And the li t'e railway loco pulled ami lizied and fumed iis the shunted here and tliciv. Across tl lo road the hammer ind trowed were heard on the re-bui'ding of the two hotols recently destroyed hj; lire. Altogether the river port was brisk and businesslike.