PORT OF WHANGAREI.

Auckland Star, Volume XLV, Issue 127, 29 May 1914, Page 6

PORT OF WHANGAREI.

ITS GROWTJIG IMPORTANCE crSTOM-HOUSE WAJsTED. : 1P.7 Tftesrapfa-—Own-Carrespondrct.)

WIIANGARET, Thtir.*lay. J The W'nangarei CnanAer of ("ommeree j discussed at length the question of hay- ! m<: Whangarni der-Lired a port of entry. ■ The president stated that when a previous applanation had W<:n mujt' it. was fouml impossible to find the licensing fee demanded, and £(!<! fur a bonded store, but iindei tin- new ("iwUinta Act of 191-1 ~ piTtain clausp provided for parr or ■ whole exemption of this fee in certain j d.-'r, [-. which would Include Whanga- ! Mr II \V. Crawford said that Whan pirei h.ul one .if the fin.—t iiarbour.-i in! New Z.'iiJand. the number of resvN ! t r.i. I. nl' "lit placing it well up compaied j with iip larger jKirt- of the Dominion. The c\p-irt .iii.l import trade was in- I ■Tea.-ing rapidly, and for many reasons] ,[ .v;,- .lo.jra'ili' i" have a ('u.-Lom-house ■ oflic.T -l-iitioneil here to attend to shij»Tin- amount of duty represented by the I ira.le carri'ij o n w.is in it,-.-If sufficient ! jii-i ili. i! imi fnr flip establishment of an o[mti port. lie underwood that thffl \VhanL'.iri-i llarlmur Hoard, who were a VTna r,—.}<- body, would prov.de a building >t -!■•-: Kiiitable fur storage and Mr. I. \. Hawki's gave some interest- j ing detail- .us t.i arrangements in vogue j in i.Hiit ['la<-cs. ~u<h a- (lamaru ami i T.iuranga. which did not have sperial ! bond.'d -tun-. ! I!,- .-hamlu r ,leci,lf,| ~, oarri- out all neces-ary -ti-ps to have Whangarei de*!:ire.l -i i-.rt of entry, and to a~k the' Mini.-ii-r i.f l'u«tnms to declare the port j