THE PRINCE'S WHARF.
1 i RAPID PROGRESS WITH WORK " Prince's Wharf, which is to be used f chiefly by deep-sea vessels, is now taking definite shape, satisfactory progress being f made with its erection by the Harbour _ Board's engineering staff and the me:a em- ; ployed under them. Reporting to the ' board yesterday, the Mr. W. H. 9 Hamer, stated that the piles have been driven to the full length of the wharf on the western side and 47 per cent, of the e total number of piles required have been driven. One-third of the entire deck ' area has been concreted and 220 piles ■ 1 made. Nearly all the columns and the ? falsework for the upper floor of one shed c had been erected. The cost of unloading . stone, shingle, and sand had been reduced . jto about one-seventh of previous prices.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LIX, Issue 18224, 18 October 1922, Page 9
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140THE PRINCE'S WHARF. New Zealand Herald, Volume LIX, Issue 18224, 18 October 1922, Page 9
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