CHATHAM ISLANDS WHARF
CONSTRUCTION BEGUN Some particulars of the progress with the work of erecting the new wharf at Waitnngi, Chatham Islands, were contained in a letter from a member of the Chatham Islands County Council, which has been received by Mr. J. MeCombs, M.P., in whose electorate the islands are included. The motor-ship Port Waikato arrived at Lyttelton recently after having discharged Australian hardwood for the wharf. Rafts were made out of oil drums, about one dozen to each raft, and five or six piles were loaded on each raft and towed ashore by a launch. The piles were then rolled off the raft into the water and by means of wire ropes attached to them were drawn ashore by six horses. Teams of bullocks were also employed. On April 11 nearly all the holes had been made round the rocks ready for the construction of tho breastwork for tho approach road to the wharf. The contractors, tho Hope Construction Company, have between 17 and 19 men from the mainland working on the wharf. Several islanders will be em--1 ployed on tho approach road.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXX, Issue 21473, 22 April 1933, Page 12
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