NAPIER HARBOUR.
"OVERTIME" FOR 350. Per Press Association. ' NAPIER, March 21. ' | ' The following motion was carried i uuaniraously at the meeting of tie Napier Harbour lioard to-day: "That 'in order that doubts as to the origin ot the sand bar, referred to in Messrs Maxwell; Williams., and Mason's report, and in Mr Geo. Nelson's harbour proposals should bo cleared up, and in order that the likelihood or otherw-so of any channel dredged through such sand bar being wholly obliterated ju heavy weather may. be given a series of practical tests, the Board considers it desirable to charter a suitable dredge for three or six months for the purpose of dredging out a sufficient cha<iviei to show what effect heavy weather or floods would have upon it, and that the secretary be instructed to obtam •a i' information by nest 'meeting as i-o what terms a dredge can be oDtamod on in the Dominion, and how soon."
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Timaru Herald, Volume XCIV, Issue 14400, 23 March 1911, Page 7
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156NAPIER HARBOUR. Timaru Herald, Volume XCIV, Issue 14400, 23 March 1911, Page 7
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