THE PORT.
I'KI-TAIIIXd Foil HOMK BOAT'S. Everything is being done ])v flic Xew I'lynioiiHi Hiii-bur hoard' to' have i.!n> port ready to receive Homo liners by next Miii-cli. At the meeting of the board yesterday morning Mr! Newtim King mentioned tlial, in view ( ,f the new freezing works sehi-me now being well fin-ward, the first .shipment of proilliee would lie ready for export ne-it March, and it would be neeessarv for the Inn-bur to accommodate its'"first Home liner then, lie referred to tin' fuel that while most of (he fairwav showed a depth of S> feet there was one portion near the end of the brctkwater which Wiis only covered by IS feet of water, and he pointed out the necessity of dredging this spot to give ■>:, feet. 'l'lie Superintendent of Works (Mr. V. Henderson) said that unfavorable weather bad been responsible for a delay ill dredging operations, oui the work referred to would be carried out as soon as ctreiim.stancc.s would permit. The Harbormaster (Captain W. Waller) provided the board with a plan showing the result of soundings of the harbor recently taken. The sounding showed good water at (lie wharf and the approaches to it.
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Taranaki Daily News, 17 July 1915, Page 5
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197THE PORT. Taranaki Daily News, 17 July 1915, Page 5
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