GOLD DREDGING
A NEW PONTOON (By Telegraph.—Press Association.) HOKITIKA, 23th March. The Eimu dredgo No. 2 pontoon was successfully launched this afternoon in the presence of nearly 1000 people from [all parts of the district. The new pontoon is entirely built of steel, and will cany the machinery of I No. 1 dredge, which has worked con- ! tinnously for the past ten years. An address presented from the citizens to the mannger of tliu compnny expressed tlio goodwill of tho coniimniil.y to the coniiiiuiy and a liopi: that the venture | would prove as successful in 1.1 in future as in the past. Tlic SFayor of HokitiUa and County Council representatives were among the speakers. Subsequently the workmen were entertained by the company, and to-night a citizens' ball was tendered to the management in the Soldiers' Hall.
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Evening Post, Volume CXI, Issue 72, 26 March 1931, Page 8
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136GOLD DREDGING Evening Post, Volume CXI, Issue 72, 26 March 1931, Page 8
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