Extensions to Calliope Dock
CHRISTCHURCH TENDER ACCEPTED. Per Press Association. AUCKLAND, Last Night. The tender of Air W. Williamson, contractor of Christchurch, of £2489 for tho work of extending the Calliope dock was accepted by the Auckland Harbour Board to-day. Tho work, it, is stated, will be begun almost immediately. The extension to tho dock is being made to accommodate the two large new cruisers Leander and Achilles, which are shortly to replace the Dunedin and Diomede on the New Zealand naval station. The plans provide for the lengthening of the dock floor for au additional 13 feet, involving an excavation of about 1809 cubic yards of sandstone and eoncretu work which is to bo completed within lour months of the date of its commencement. This is part of tho major scheme for improving the naval defences ot New Zealand.
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Manawatu Times, Volume 61, Issue 35, 12 February 1936, Page 4
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140Extensions to Calliope Dock Manawatu Times, Volume 61, Issue 35, 12 February 1936, Page 4
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