AN EAST COAST PORT.
PROPOSED DigyE^prMENT.
The Tauranga. v tJpuncil and Harbor Board submitted a depiijatioii. to the Waihi ;Borough .Conn.cil, ! ,at dt<s la^t-ineeV -ing-, .submitting a scheme, for. the.,dredging and improvement • of. the :Tauranga liax'bdr, so as. to admjt of iijtercolonial and foreigri-golii^ vessels; using^iat port. An argument' bro.vigbt fpiT>-a,r<t' was that the equipment; of", the harbor' and tli© . completion -; of tlie Taurahga-Wailu eection of the Eas^ Coast railway.. Waihi would be brought,, within 40" . tiiile,<? . of Tauranga, as conipa wd Hrith the .distance of ' 140 miles from Auckland. ' TWs would result m a big. sa.ving of railage rates for goods from Waihi. In the event of that Council joining m the proposed scheme, the increase m rates would amount to about £450 only per year. The reduced charges on imports and greater exporting. , facilities -would return this cost many tljnes over. Consideration of the question was deferred.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLIV, Issue 14283, 27 April 1917, Page 2
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149AN EAST COAST PORT. Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLIV, Issue 14283, 27 April 1917, Page 2
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