HARBOR AT PAPEETE.
(Per Press Association.)- ' .AUCKLAND, this day. The, Tal u tie brings news that a French syndicate under tlie auspices of,, tlie French' Government intend;. to fc'to* y ■ out harbor improvements at Papeete, m ,view of the opening of the Panama Canal. It is stated that £900,000 will befepentsin the construction of wharves and a dry f ;doek capable bf accommodat ling it'hA fafi-'giest vessels passing through the fcan&i; 4«d, deepening and improving the - approaches to the port. A represeututive of the French Government was at Papeete making arrangements for labor and 'tho "supply of material. The work is to be commenced three or four mun thu hence.. * . i
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 12754, 4 May 1912, Page 5
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