TOLAGO BAY WHARF

Dominion, Volume 23, Issue 51, 23 November 1929, Page 12

TOLAGO BAY WHARF

LARGE STRUCTURE OPENED IMPORTANT IN COASTAL TRADE By Telegraph.—Press Association. Gisborne, November 22. Tolaga Bay, 35 miles north of Gisborne, was en fete to-day on the occasion of the opening of the wharf by the Minister of Marine (Hon. J. G. Cobbe). The township is an important port of call in the coastal trade, especially between Gisborne and Auckland, but for years all cargo had to be lightered. In 1923 a proposal was carried by the ratepayers to construct a wharf, and a contract as let to Mr. F. Goodman in September, 1924, work being commenced in the followin' - January, and completed just lately. The wharf is 2200 feet long, and the depth of water varies from 17 feet to 17 feet 6 inches, and there is a rise and fall of five feet six inches. The wharf is situated in the south-western corner of Tolaga Bay, close up to the cliffs, being snugly sheltered from all southerlies. The new wharf and cargohandling facilities represent a total outlay of approximately £90,000, which is the amount of the loan money raised by the board to cover the work. At the opening to-day add esses were delivered by Mr. Cobbe, Mr. E. B. Boland (chairma of the Tolaga Bay Harbour Board), Mr. K. S. Williams, M.P., and Sir Apirana Ngata, all of whom sressed the importance of the new wharf as an aid to the development of the district.