NEW WHARF OPENED

Taranaki Daily News, 25 November 1929, Page 16

NEW WHARF OPENED

TOLAGA BAY ENTERPRISE. TOTAL COST OF WORK £9'0,000. Gisborne, Nov.'22. Tolaga Bay, 35 miles north of Gisborne, was en fete to-day on the occasion of the' opening of the wharf by the Minister of Marine, Hon. J. &. Cobbe. The township is an important port of call in the coastal trade, especially between Gisborne and Auckland, but for years all cargo had to be lightered. In 1923 a proposal was carried' by the ratepapers to construct a wharf and a contract was let to Mr. F. Goodman in September, 1924, work bein'g commenced in the following January and completed recently. The wharf is 2200 ft long and the depth of water varies from 17 ft to 17ft bin. There is a rise and fall of sft. 6:n. The wharf is situated in the south-western corner of Tolaga Bay, close up to the dill's, being snugly sheltered from all southerlies. The new . wharf and cargohandling facilities represent a total outlay of approximately £90,000, which is the amount of loan money raised by the boaid to cover the work. '■ At the opening toAlay addresses were delivered by Mr. E. B. Boland, chairman of the Tolaga Bay Harbour Board Mr. K./S. Williams, M.Pi, Sir Apirana Ngata, and the Hon, J. G. Cobbe, all of whom stressed the importance of the new wharf as an aid to the development of tho district.