A large welded steel barge, 100 ft. long by 33ft. wide, has lieen constructed by the Roose Shipping Co.. Ltd-, in its workshop on the western bank of tlie Waikato River at Alercer, and was latin-.-lteil last week. It draws only six inches of water unladen and only two feet laden and can carry 200 tons. It is to be used for the transport of goods on the river, including transhipment work at Port Waikato.
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Dominion, Volume 32, Issue 113, 6 February 1939, Page 10
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75Untitled Dominion, Volume 32, Issue 113, 6 February 1939, Page 10
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