Overseas Harbour For Gisborne

The Gisborne Harbour Board has adopted a £653,000 scheme for the development of the harbour, which in effect will provide the port with facilities for the berthage of overseas ships up to 12,000 tons. The main items of development are (1) the purchase of a dipper dredge and auxiliary gear costing £250,000; (2) the building of a new overseas wharf and amenities costing £230,000; and (3) the dredging of entrance, channel, and turning basin, costing £143,000; and (4) preliminary expenses, provision of dolphins, lights, etc., £30,000.

From inception to completion the scheme is expected to take between four and six years. It is considered to be within the financial resources of the board without increasing the rates, and it could result in a decrease in the rates depending on the arrangement of wharfage charges, etc.

The main point in favour of the scheme, however, is that the provision of a better harbour is an essential part of the progress of the district if Gisborne is to keep pace with the rest of the Dominion.

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On the inside back cover of this issue of "Photo News" will be found an illustration of the first dredge used on the harbour at Gisborne.

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An engineer's drawing of the proposed dipper dredge. With this type of dredge it is considered that the soft rock in the turning basin could be excavated without blasting.

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Two pictures taken during the loading of overseas vessels in the bay. The board's tug, the Takitamu, towing a lighter to a ship.

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The Tamaroa loading from a lighter. The whole of the lighterage costs at present involved (approximately £44,000 a year) will be saved by the proposed harbour works.

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A drawing of the board's new tug, which is to be named the Hikurangi. The cost of the tug is not part of the £653,000 scheme. The Hikurangi will replace the Takitimu.