WESTPORT HARBOUR BOARD.
(By Telegraph.—Press Association.)
WESTPORT, Friday.
At a special meeting of the Westport Harbour Board to-day, to consider the steps to be taken for the improvement of the river, which at the entrance has shoaled considerably of late, it was decided to request the Finance Committee to place before Sir J. G. Ward a scheme for providing the' necessary interest on a loan for procuring an up-to-date dredge. Mr Scanlon, the mover of the motion, advocated the raising of the port charges, and mentioned in the course of hia remarks that vessels only paid 12/6 a day at Westport as compared with £10 at Wellington, and more at other ports. The Board also decided to cable to the Otis Company, Melbourne, an order for suction appliances to fit on one of the dredge hoppers for use until an up-to-date dredge is obtained. A financial statement laid on the table by the treasurer showed the, Board's position to be as follows: —Credit current account. £12,787 14/5; credit special rate, coal account, £3741 1/11; fixed deposit, £2000; unissued debentures, £5000; total, £23,528 16/4.
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Auckland Star, Volume XXXIII, Issue 110, 10 May 1902, Page 6
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