DOCKS IN WAR-TIME
CONGESTION IN LONDON UNLIKELY. IN SPITE OF CONVOY SYSTEM. In connection with the convoy system. "The Port of London Authority Monthly" for March states that: — "Obviously the peace-time regular flow of shipping enables a more economical use to be made of our ports than is generally possible under the convoy system. On the other [hand the Port of London, by virtue of geographical circumstances and the far-reaching developments executed during the past quarter of a century, is essentially adapable to new conditions. With 44 miles of deep-water quays provided within its five separate dock systems, well-chosen sites for numerous discharging, and loading berths in the 50 miles of tideway between the estuary and the City and hundreds of wharves and jetties lining the river banks, it is inconceivable that congestion or serious delay could result from the arrival of the largest convoy.'
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 1 May 1940, Page 6
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145DOCKS IN WAR-TIME Wairarapa Times-Age, 1 May 1940, Page 6
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