HARBOUR AFFAIRS.

Auckland Star, Volume XLV, Issue 163, 10 July 1914, Page 7

HARBOUR AFFAIRS.

I IMPORTANT AMENDMENTS PROPOSED. TAVMK.VT OF MEMBERS A.YD ELECTION COSTS. COXTTtnr. OF FORESHORE" S AM) BATHERS. ■By T.-iezr,,,i,.- l-nrlinmeutnr;. Reporter.) W KLLINJTDX. Thursday. The Harbours Amendimvn; Bill, e.ircualieratimin |.< the existing law. Anwnp other prnp.vals. ii provide for a dc-po-ii "1 '-■■• by a can.Lda.:,- at any Harbour •K0.:r,l fli-;inji. : „ 1,,. forfeited to lii-o harbour fund upon failure in ]~,!1 oneeiehtli of |/iii' votes polled by the cm,-T-.-fu! ciiiflUlnii" 7>ol!in3 the fewest y.>tte. Another radical change is the nitroittii-:ion ~f tho prinKple of pay nieni :,, nic;i>:>cis. Kmier the new bill member f,,r each day. attendance may be up.ni l.y reeoliitinn nf a Imanl in ;vdMiti ,n to the oxi.-t payment of J trav.-llinjr e\p..,>,>. \ ,-nail alteration i- made in ihe me:hih| :,\ which while i-hi|KT\vneni willi voting puwpn; are rcwtriKcd in ownrw .if Uritirh shij* rrgiMorrd. An import-in! relates lo the ~;' pKvtiniip. Ii read.s as follows: --I':-,.v; :-. ,i ,l, a t. -.here an ele,ti'>n mi.lei- tli> Act > held mimul-laiifsolli-ly ivith a:i eleciion ~f the member, of a lihm! iiutliorily a- af.iren-.iid Hi.- lmrh,.ur :«,.inl *),:i'\\ ;„■ re,|iiimi f'i pay in rrt-pe-.-i nf t -n.it of tli? elm-ii.in ,i vim, in e.\ rr- of tin- .tenia l C'osl of anil printing; in ,-,m-liiH-tinn with ;!,,• ImnV.ur 1t..ar,1 election lex.-liisive of the cif-l ~f pri:i:iii(r thy '■"Hi. !<i.!fr;hi-r will, ~„ adJitional jflme.uiit. «| U:l | |o 10 pei ceni of the actual exppnw* ili.Mirre.l ,!iy t-he 1.,eal eu:hfr::,v in e-nmhictinji it* own and ihe liarUoirr hoanl'< electioiN. exclusive of t!,e «wt ~;• advertising and printing." An entirely new provision deal.- with fnrevh-on- oontrul. Tlie bill out Ihat 111 where the fnre-iiore i wiivther wkliin the limits nf a liarhnur or noil ;s nut v.r-:e,l in any ha.rbniir lmard or other !>,-.,1 auiliority. the (Joveriiur may. by Onlrr-in-Cniincil. pranf for a periwl not exceeding -21 \-caiv. tin ntrol of Mich part, or parts thereof, as he tbin-kit '''■• '" any lo<'al authority, domain ■Iroaril. nr pen-, me ac;in;r a> tnisteee for the in-ha-hilante of the Inenlity. upon eiwh rmrditiom a> may be prew-ribed in the order. The local authority may make bylaws for ilie preservation and control of the foreshore, erroi bat lit. and 'bathhouse*. anil fix c'na.rijn- for their use. while tin-(iovenror-in-CViuneil nwy authoriw any loiai body having ,i forwhore to mak*' , bv-l-awß for the proper .-ond-.i.'! of bAiheiv nr dHrjjiiie i:s rijrh't lo »n\ surfbathing club, providing: they are approved by the Mini-ier.