CALLIOPE DOCK.
TENDER FOR EXTENSION. (Per Press Association.) AUCKLAND, February 11. The tender of Mr W. Williamson, contractor, of Christchurch, of £2489 for the work of' extending the Calliope dock, was accepted by the Auckland Harbour Board to-day. The work, it is stated, will he begun almost immediately. ■ . . The extension of the dock is being made to accommodate the two large new cruisers, H.M.S. Beamier and H.M.S. Achilles, which are shortly to replace H.M.S. Dunedin and H.M.S. Diomede on the Now Zealand naval station. The plans provide lor the ongtlienhm of the dock floor by an additional Rjft ", involving the excavation of about 1800 cubic yards of standstonc and concrete. , , . , The work, which is to he completed within four months of the date oi its commencement, is part ol a majoi scheme for improving the naval defences of New Zealand.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 56, Issue 103, 12 February 1936, Page 3
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