AUCKLAND LANDMARK DISAPPEARS WITH A SPLASH.—As six bells sounded last Thursday on the training ship Philomel at the Naval Base, Devonport, the sheerlegs which have been a landmark on the shores of Auckland Harbor for 25 years toppled into the water with a mighty splash. Incidentally it meant the destruction of a dockyard appliance which cost £30,000.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXI, Issue 18559, 20 November 1934, Page 9
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57AUCKLAND LANDMARK DISAPPEARS WITH A SPLASH.—As six bells sounded last Thursday on the training ship Philomel at the Naval Base, Devonport, the sheerlegs which have been a landmark on the shores of Auckland Harbor for 25 years toppled into the water with a mighty splash. Incidentally it meant the destruction of a dockyard appliance which cost £30,000. Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXI, Issue 18559, 20 November 1934, Page 9
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