IN TABLE BAY.
' The plan for the development ot laoie ua Harbour, at a cost of £2,250,000, is c considerable interest to Australia and Ne Zealand, particularly the former. The tonna§ of merchant shipping using the South Afric route has increased in recent years, and ti Union Government hopes that the increas will be maintained. In addition to this hop or expectation of normal development, thei is the war factor. Events in the Mediterranea last year compelled a startled realisation c the virtual impossibility of usiag th Mediterranean and Suez as a trade rout I during a conflict in which Britain was engage) lln such circumstances shipping would b diverted .to the alternative route via the Cap< With these hopes and fears in mind, the Unio Government is embarking on a radici improvement of dock and repair facilities i Table Bay, which may conceivably rejjai much of ite former importanoo.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXVIII, Issue 45, 23 February 1937, Page 6
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150IN TABLE BAY. Auckland Star, Volume LXVIII, Issue 45, 23 February 1937, Page 6
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