SYDNEY HARBOUR

Grey River Argus, 10 June 1933, Page 7

SYDNEY HARBOUR

ANCHORAGE FACILITIES. | rhe belief widely held, that Sydney | ; Harbour possesses anchorage lacilitics , that were in no dang(‘r of being over- • taxed, was dispelled by Mr. E. W. ! Austin, president if the Sydney Har- i liour Trust, a few days ago, when art-| dressing members of the Moyal Motor I Yacht ('lub. Mr Austin said that the. question of mooring ships in the harbour was one that caused the trust serious con-' cern. Few people realised that, although the harbour was large in area, it actually could accommodate only .35 ; vessels at anchorage. No matter how i much people disliked it, the harbour • foreshores must slowly but surely give I way Io the advance of commerce, which must always be the first consideration. In passing, Mr. Austin mentioned that among many strange finds resulting from the. dredging of the. channels near the heads were many old cannon balls that had been fired from shore batteries during practice at. as remote, a period as 80 years ago. Mr. Aubrey Halloran, a former president of tin* Royal Australian Histori- ' cal Society, made a plea that the wat- i crs at Rose Bay should be preserved as cruising and sporting grounds, notwithstanding the advance of commerce in other sections of the harbour.