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t| DREDGE'S LONG VOYAGE. -i ; j| (By Telegraph.—Press Association.) ' \CESTPORT. Friday. e ! The dredge Kerinioana whirli. on its e way from (ilasgow to Wellington. put "j into West port on August 29 for coal, '•left to-day for Port Nicholson. ( hj>ilain Adamson. who is in command and. '"(incidentally, had to make u~e of a school h'inap when seeking harbourage and fin). Iljcont-iders that Westport. can he made a "splendid j>ort. He instances what is being done in French rivers by French |engineers, who use the scour to remove d such places as Martin's Island, on the 11 west side of Buller. thus creating a wide dlbody of Mill water. i* : The dn-dging in the liasin would be 11. very slight compared with what it i» n under cxi-ting conditions. He was con'fident that Westport Harbour, modelled i- : on ideas of French engineers, coold 1* made capable of carrying large oce»* is, liners.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXIX, Issue 208, 3 September 1938, Page 11
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