ON OIL-DRUM RAFTS.
WHARF MATERIALS UNLOADED
CHATHAM ISLANDS CARGO.
The motor ship Port Waikato, which discharged Australian hardwood and other materials for the construction of tho new wharf at Wuitangi, Chatham Islands, arrived at' Wellington on Saturday evening from the Chathams, via southern ports. To carry the hardwood piles ashore from the Port Waikato, rafts were made out of oil drums, about a dozen to each raft, and five or six piles were loaded on each raft and towed ashore by a launch. The piles were then rolled off tho raft into the wnter, and by means of wire ropes attached to them were drawn ashore by six horses. Teams of bullocks were also employed. On April 11 nearly all the holes had been made round tiie rocks ready for tho construction of the breastwork for the approach road to the wharf. The contractors for the wharf have about 19 men from the mainland working on the wharf. Several islanders will be employed on the approach road.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXIV, Issue 96, 26 April 1933, Page 5
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167ON OIL-DRUM RAFTS. Auckland Star, Volume LXIV, Issue 96, 26 April 1933, Page 5
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