AUCKLAND HARBOR BOARD.
CAKUO HANDLING FACILITIES. ' Per Press Association. Auckland, Last NigM. A discussion regarding the iiueijtion Of mvitmg tenders for electric .dines for use on the Harbor Board's "new wharves took place at the meeting 0 f the Board this afternoon. The subcommittee appointed to consider the question had recommended that tenders be invited for the supply „f a floatmg crane, and some 30 electric cranes. Mr. kneen said that the puAjuwe of einenT," """J 4 WtUe »J«W an expenditure of £50,000 or £OO,OOO. In Wellington, where the wharvi were equipped with cranes, they were very seldom used by vessels except wlfero they were working double gangs, nl 'dea of the cranes was first broughrto New Zealand by Mr. Ferguson the lat" here \°T, ''VT UOt •»"«»• ns-re. He did not object to a f10nt;..,, crane, out he thought ta ft. able cranes would be sufficient, & Hurt the vessels that came to the port oi hSZ ed e With th £ btest faci 'S mittceforfurth[r^^ o f Tr"
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LI, Issue 109, 29 April 1908, Page 2
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167AUCKLAND HARBOR BOARD. Taranaki Daily News, Volume LI, Issue 109, 29 April 1908, Page 2
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