OAMARU'S PORT.

Timaru Herald, Volume XC, Issue 13317, 20 June 1907, Page 3

OAMARU'S PORT.

.MORE. DEEDGIXG WANTED. Captain Bone, Marine S'uperinieiKknt ,;f i„e "\'e«- Zealand shipping Company vi-d'.f.i (iaii.iu-i ou Tuesday, lor tiie pur-n„-e >••' inspecting llif wbauage and bertii,w fauluie.-; piovahd lor large vessels at pie r.t.n During a brief conversation be bad witli a Mail leporter the captain was asii.-il whar. generally, was the op.nioa ha had h.uiud°of the 'port- "The wharf." lw said, "i-i all thar. can b.- desired: it is :::nn-ilv excellent. With the wharfage facilities" thwe are theie. wc should hud ik» diiiicr.ltv in conveniently loading the largest. v;-ss'el. But there is much to be done in th.- way of opening the basin and channel, i-fvery available farthing should be devoted to dredging : the part require.' little else. The present divdg-s is not- suitable: a- new dredge doing three iiioes as much work as the present one, crmhl be work-d ju.it as cheaply. The iM-(..Traphical position of the port- is, of couir.e. in its' favour: ever since, the. poK. hn.« l»e.-II a port it has been recognised that so far as its situation was concerned, it was emin.nilv suitable for .safe berthing of all cia---5-.es "of ships. The port, were there »nlv a greater depth of water, r/nihl be'milch" more easily worked than Hkl*-- of Tim-mi. Boats of the TialcaiaV class can be brought in—but with difficult v. Willi the small depth of water in th ■■' basin, and the necessarily restricted sd.-k- wii.hin which the boats must lie handled the weather must he in our favor when slie enters the port. A calm day is ab-oh:i-Iv neefssary. B.fnre. large vessels can "be brought into your port with anv dearce of convenience, we im::-t have ! mm-" water—which means that, a great | amount: of dredging is yet necessary."