THAMES HARBOUR BOARD.

Auckland Star, Volume XXXI, Issue 103, 2 May 1900, Page 5

THAMES HARBOUR BOARD.

THAMES, Tuesday. An ordinary meeting of. the Board ; was held to-night, the following : members being present: Messrs : Deeble (chairman), McDonnell, I'aterson, Davey and Moore. After the minutes of the last meeting had been read and confirmed, the outwards correspondence read, ihe | Chairman said he wished to way some- j thing1 about thp -way in which, tlie j 'Hoard had been misrepresented by a | writer in the local evening paper, j who said that the Hoard's action in i regard to the plague was character's- ! tic oi: most, -local bodies, and that hay- j ing telegraphed to the Government it I had declared that pending receipt of ! the Government's reply the Board would take no further action. This ! was contrary to fact, because one o'E j the telegrams just read stated that pending ( the reply of (he Haniiary Commissioners the Hoard "had. falcon no steps." The telegram did not say "the Hoard would tirlce no action." If the Board saw any necessity fir action they would strain every nerve. The Hoard liarl done everything in their power, having1 first invited the Commissioners to visit the Thnmi'S, | and had stated that when advised of. the date. of. the Commissioners' visit. they would call a nueting of (he other local bodies to meet thrm. The Harbour Hoard's powers w«re e-.i'n-fined to the four corners of the 'liar-' hour Act," and they could do little as a Board of Health, and he considered that all that was necessary had been dene. In his 'opinion the plague had been boomed too much. The Harbour Master had insimeijovK 1o allow no vessel ir, pcniP tc< the Thames unless it had a eh an bill of health. ■ \ The matter then dropped. i

NAPIER, this day

The Health Offu-ov condemned two houses, aw in Dielcen-strcet, the other White Road.

fRy Telegraiih.-Press- Association.)

WELLINGTON, this day

The constables appointed to assist in sanitary inspection have sent i^ reports to the Council. They seem tv be devoting.mnoh pains to their work. ancT have drawn attention to nil e-->ses that, in their opinion require imp?:)vv-

nieiit. They have discovered a xm"nb?r of old buiid)ngs, mostly und'X'Up'ied,

which are simply rotting away. Like i Dr. Fyffie, the constables condemn the Chinese methods with great unanimity. .Notices have been served in all cases whero it in decided nuisances exist, and prosecutions will follow if. the : nuisances are not abated. j