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Eats from £3 ss; single tooth from ss; sloppings from 3s 6d; extractions, Is; gas 2s 6d extra; work thoroughly good and cheat) [Advt.j The stiff north-easter blowing to-<ky produced a rather peculiar effect on the harbor. Wherever the water was shallow the grey and purple sediment wa« stirred up. In the deep portions the water retained its ordinary green. In some states of the ll.rfht -the presence of the bank at the edge" of the steainere' basin could be discerned as clearly cut as the ohart shows it. and, generally speaking, the harbor could have been nayigat-ed to-day withoit the aid of buoy or beacon. Which was the deep water and which was not was everywhere easily apparent. Inquiries for passagea to Sari. Francisco •w-ere Very numerous at tie local shipping offices aftef (the earthquake. The attraction xtaa the reiruHdiiig of the city and prospective high wages. other things, it was Stated that bricklayers were in demand at_3os pet day, and other aftisaiia at something like that scale. On making inquiries to-day we wfcre informed that the local demand for passages was not now abnonnallj great. It was more in evidence up North The curious nook at the steps of the Rattray street wharf ie now being planked over, and the piles underneath remforcsd with concrete. The alteration will give a Jittle rg)re elbow room for those working ■cargo at the .cross wharf—a. Qeeded..oßproveinept*

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Evening Star, Issue 12872, 23 July 1906, Page 5

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Page 5 Advertisements Column 1 Evening Star, Issue 12872, 23 July 1906, Page 5

Page 5 Advertisements Column 1 Evening Star, Issue 12872, 23 July 1906, Page 5