FLASHLIGHT FOULED.
.: • m* '—-—- WHANGAREt HARBOUR. ' CONCRETE PILES! CRACKED. Si :'_•-: " : >';■■-•'. ■ : -!'..'v-::. : -:r 'f}),T^^' r , '■):: ■'.'••■" '■'■#!. lit , lELEG3A?H.—OWN , COttaESPONTDEKT.J " ] 'C "" ' WHANig-ABEI. Monday. . . The 'Whangarei Harlwur Board, .in j response to ;representations -\made by "j masters !of ? boats trading to ; the ?port, re- ? cently replaced , a buoy: between • Marsden ■'-;v Point s,nd the heads by a flashlight ; mounted; on a' concrete ■ structure, at a ■ , cost '-.' of t about : ■ £400. ' ";}'■ It has"'' been ■; in ; : use 7/|i| less : than a v month, but on Friday night V damage an extent not yet assessed was ..■.- done to it, presumably due to some ves- , sel ; fouling it. \ The .impact .claused V y the concrete piles ' ; to crack under the water level and, al- -V though the light itself was no« damaged, f ; and still operates, it is a matter of. spec- jj'A;; ulation whether 'the board will not hav« '\ to replace the entire structure. ■So fair the identity of the vessel respont ' sible has not been established* m ■• • •.,■•-■•..■■■.. ■• ■• .. .-, &M
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18519, 2 October 1923, Page 6
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