NAPIER HARBOR
COMPLETION OF BREAKWATER REGOMENOED [Per United Press Association.] NAPIER, December 2E Messrs Cullen and Keele, two Australian en"incors who recommended the Napier Harbor Board in, 1912 to proceed with the construction of an inner harbor, were asked to report again, following the report by Mr Eurkert, Chief Government Engineer, who had recommended the completion of the breakwater. Messrs Cullen and Keele now recommend a breakwater harbor, which they say will he more economical than an inner harbor, and more easily entered in heavy weather. The Australian engiinex-s, in a report now to hand, state that they recommended the inner harbor previously, because they had been misinformed as to the nature of the ocean bottom at the breakwater. They arc now convinced that there wilMic no difficulty in completing that harbor, and they practically endorse Mr Enrkcri’s ,scheme, while combating his argument, Messrs Cullen and Keele give tim cost of the breakwater to accommodate. Jour ocean liners at £487.23(5. The Harbor Board dismissed_ 1 lie report in committee to-day. The cost of animal maintenance is ULMi'id in favor ol the breakwater.
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Evening Star, Issue 19129, 22 December 1925, Page 14
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182NAPIER HARBOR Evening Star, Issue 19129, 22 December 1925, Page 14
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