NEW TONNAGE RECORD
NEW PLYMOUTH PORT MOVEMENTS. ■■ ( EFFECT OF COASTAL VESSELS. The arrival of the small coastal vessel John at New Plymouth from Wellington at 6.15 on Saturday morning and F r occupation of the berth vacated by the still smaller Hauturu the night before were events of more than usual importance. They meant, in fact, that the substitution of the John’s 426 tons for the Hauturu’s 296 tons caused the establishment of yet another tonnage record at the port, 130 tons higher than that of 35,030 tons created when the Vardaas berthed on Friday afternoon. When the Vardaas arrived the vessels in port were the Otira, the Kent, the Hauraki, the Gabriella and the.
the tonnage, 35,030, easily eclipsing the previous record of 31,167 tons established in January, 1928. The Hauturu left for Wanganui that night and the vacant berth on the eastern side of the Newton King wharf was filled early next morning by the John.
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Taranaki Daily News, 17 February 1933, Page 5
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