TIMARU HARBOR.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LV, Issue 59, 27 July 1912, Page 5

TIMARU HARBOR.

NECESSARY IMPROVEMENTS. By Tekgrapi—Press Association. Timaru, Last Night. During the last three weeks or more north-easterly seas have prevailed here, sometimes strong. Usually heavy seas , come from the south-east. The existing , breakwater provides quite satisfactory j shelter from the southerly seas, but not ) from northerly ones. It happened that the home liner Rotorua lay in port during the bad weather, and the seas in the harbor made it difficult to hold her securely. It was done, though with a few breakages of mooring chains, crushing to splinters thirty-five pine log fenders, and the constant watchfulness of the staff. Impressed by this experience the Harbor Board to-day unanimously decided to remedy the defect by carrying out, as soon as possible, the recommendations of Mr. Maxwell, consulting engineer, some years ago, to add 500 feet to the eastern mole, and the Board instructed the engineer to prepare plans and estimates accordingly. Mr. Maxwell said the work could be done for £IB,OOO. iThe Board has a balance of £17,000 of the authorised loan unraised.