Bsi's Wharf Problems
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From Our Own Correspondent
Honiara, Nov. 1
MR. KENYON BELL, the Crown Agents' Consulting Engineer, spent a fortnight in Honiara in October.
Mr. Bell, who has very wide experience in marine engineering problems, came to advise the Protectorate Government about a slipway which it is proposed to construct at Tulagi. He also inspected wharves and sites in the Honiara area.
His preliminary conclusions favoured the construction of a small slipway at Tulagi, and of a wharf, adequate for small and medium-sized vessels, in the Point Cruz area, larger overseas vessels to load and unload by lighter.
His final report from London is being awaited. Meanwhile the old American built wharf at Kukum it to be kept in the best condition possible, for the handling of overseas ships and cargo, but its present state is not good and its life, even with constant repairs and main tenance, appears to be limited. Mr. Bell was not in favour of large-scale harbour and wharf construction in the Point Cruz-Kukum area, because there is no natural all-weather harbour on this coast.
Mr. J. Anthony Moore, who has retired after a successful career as a Commis sioned officer in the Fiji Police, paid a brief visit to Australia in October.