TUG TO COST £54,000
HARBOUR BOARD’S ORDER HEAVY ITEM OF EXCHANGE (By Telegraph.—Press Association) CHRISTCHURCH, Saturday A new tug of 1250 horsepower is to be built for the Lyttelton Harbour Board at a total cost *of £54,062 10s. Jhe board decided it a special mooting this morning to accept the lender of Luhnitz and Company, Renfrew, oi £13,250. To that must be added exchange amounting to £10,812 10s. The contract stipulates that the vessel must be completed in '4 months. With maximum dimensions of ii:» feet by 29 lent by 1 i feet, tlie tug will be fitted with a fire, pump, a firefighting attachment and a salva-' suction pump. It will he powered wi,h a steam engine. The price is for delivery in New Zealand, including radio equipment, the Fme clause for tineonslrueti"n .ippUiiur to the w.o’k :■» be d"ne in Scotland. Lobnitz and Company also built the tugs William C. Daldy fm* tlm Auckland llahour Board and the Awarua for the Bluff Harbour Board.
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Waikato Times, Volume 123, Issue 20576, 13 August 1938, Page 7
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