PEARS GROUNDLESS
DAMAGE TO TIMARU HARBOUR
(By Telegraph.—Press Association.)
TIMAEU,' This Day
"AJthough it-was feared yesterday that portions of the staging and some of the huge boulders swept from the Eastern Extension by the heavy seas on Thursday night and Friday morning, might have become lodged in the channel at the entrance'to the harbour, there is now no need for any anxiety concerning shipping at Timaru. ■ An extensive survey of tho channel was made to-day by the Harbour Board's staff under the direction of Captain D. M'Doug.all, and, although dragging operations were continued for over four hours, no obstructions of. any kind were located in tho channel, which offers a safe passage to and from the fior.t. Tho security of the harbour is unimpaired in any fray, and the work
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Evening Post, Volume CVII, Issue 22, 26 January 1929, Page 10
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130PEARS GROUNDLESS Evening Post, Volume CVII, Issue 22, 26 January 1929, Page 10
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