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The Gisborne Photo News

 

61

East Coast Page

(By Frank Wynne-Jones)

The announcement that Richardson and Co., will no longer be working East Coast ports, and that the Kopara will be sold has come as a shock to the people of Tokomaru Bay who are used to seeing that ship working at the wharf.

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The Kopara loading wool at the wharf. In the inset, Mr A. W. Dever, Waiapu County Chairman, (left), and Mr G. Wilkinson, County Clerk (centre), chat with the skipper of the Kopara.

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The last beam goes into place on the Mangahauini bridge.

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A good idea of the final shape of the bridge.

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Erosion is causing concern at Tokomaru Bay township where the Mangahauini stream is only a few yards from the bitumen.