TIMARU HARBOUR
NEED FOR FOG SIGNAL DIFFICULTIES OF NAVIGATION The need for a fog signal for Timaru was emphasised in a letter received by the Timaru Harbour Board from the Tiinaru office of the Union Steam Ship Company, Limited. The letter stated that for some years the company had considered that the Timaru harbour would be well served if a fog sigmd were provided for the guidance of ships. Recently attention was drawn to the position by one of the company's vessels, the Wingatui, which could not make port on account of heavy log and lack of signals, and consequently lost a day's loading. The vessel was carrying transhipments to .the Vancouver steamer, and failure to connect would have been a serious matter to shippers. Timaru, being in a bight, was mora or less a dead end for navigation; little margin being allowed for errors between the entrance and the beach, and masters of vessels in fog had considerable anxiety in picking up the entrance. On the recommendation of the standing committee it was decided to leave the matter over to be discussed by tbe harbourmaster, Captain K. C. AMnte, and the engineer, when the latter officer was appointed.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXII, Issue 22202, 31 August 1935, Page 10
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