HULL OF STEAMER FOR BREAKWATER.
The hull of the steamer Wainui was towed down yeßtorday to Wliangaparaoa by Mr. Robert Shakespeare, and to-day she will be placed in a position at the south-east end of Babbit Bay, on the end of the peninsula, and sunk by blowing holes in the bottom. In this ,K)6ition she will form a breakwater for Mr. Shakespeare's yacht, which is moored there. Mr. G. Harrison Smith is assisting.
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Auckland Star, Volume LX, Issue 242, 12 October 1929, Page 17
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73HULL OF STEAMER FOR BREAKWATER. Auckland Star, Volume LX, Issue 242, 12 October 1929, Page 17
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