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Daily Telegraph (Napier), Issue 5252, 22 June 1888, Page 2

An erroneous - idea ia current as to the damage done to the breakwater by the late heavy seas, it being commonly reported thut the work has been broken in half. Tho faote of the case aro theco: —At aftfiflil tho centre of tlio completed part tho subsided, and, in consequence, of monolith were damaged, tho breakwater crosses ground, and whore tlio wpl"l^siiSi?Mra|Sfl4 i i there is evidently a '' between the rocks. The^9s : turbed tbis and itiav^wy^ppft 4 the concrete blocks have bbttomwsjssJie pocket, and no further subsidefi(S|fe.Sri3J occur. The tremendous force of the "wrta has fully tested tho strength of tho worJtii and, except at tbis one spot, it has stood tho tost spleiulidly. So far ac tho breakwater i» concerned, the storm was a fortunato occurrence, but we regret to learn that tho loas to the contractor, through tho wreck of the barge, and the bre iking , of tho monolith will fall not far short of £800