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The -Sandy Point dredge worked only ninety hours last week, having to stop on Monday a.nd Tuesday to overhaul the lad-der-lifting gear. The width of tbe cut wag ICOyds. the dredge woiking ahead 4ft. Slacking room is tiylit in places through want of water. Otago No. 1 matter wires: Stopped work this mm-nina ; river '.oo low. The Waikaia dredge-master writes: At present there is no change for the better in the wash, although we are now getting fairly close to the crosscut at the bead of the block, and which last year gave fair results. lam now weekly expecting io eee a change for the better. Electric No. 2 dredge commenced elevating late on Wednesday night last week, and for the period worked had made 18ft ahead. The New Trafalgar dredge ifi still working the crosti ut to the sotth boundary, with a. iaw> of lJi chains in width. Tha ground is getting very solid, with a heavier wash, although the bottom continues very uneven, largo stones being frequently mat with. RETURN. MaMerton : 100/, 9dwt. 127 hours.
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Evening Star, Issue 14497, 23 February 1911, Page 4
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