HARBOUR BOARD.

Auckland Star, Volume LIII, Issue 62, 15 March 1922, Page 10

HARBOUR BOARD.

ADJOURNED PROCEEDINGS. f'HOPOSEI) KXPORT WHARF. I Tin- :ij.ir.urned meeting of the Auckland Harh.mr Hoard -was held yesterday. I'resont: Messrs. H. It. .Mackenzie (Deputy' Chairman i in the chair. .7. Henderson. E. I I I>:ivis. M. 11. Wynyard. J. S. Bond. <;. K. j Jlilh-Uinsun. and the Hon. K. W. Alison. aj.L.r. On rhe recommendation of the Board-iu-"'fimmittee it was decided to approve the I-riiposal t'i proviilc at some future time an export wharf. A letter wa« read from the Town Clerk in runneeticra with the insanitary condition of .Indsie's. Bay. staling that by direction ot the Council tlie City Engineer had been instructed to clean np the heaeh and remove the ladies' tiathiuj shed. It had also been I lesolved that bn;it building operation,? fin the I bra'-h should cea=e. Messrs. Wvnyiirl. Wilsnn. Yallan'-e and ■ Ilolmden wrote nil l.etialf uf the Klk-rslie ' 'Itiwii Hoard, 'iiinplaiiiiiiir uf the excessive \ traffic lhat had been rondueted uver certain | r.:\il< within the jurisdiction of the Town B"ard liy a motnr i-ompauy. which It was alleged, were workinu ninler contract with the Board. The letter poinled on; that the ijiarticnlar roudfl were iiiisuited t»v lieav.T trnfli.. Willi the result that they were beinK wholly ciii about. Instructed liy Hie Town Hoard, lie writers demanded that the 1;.,anl fhnuld jive instructions to the contractors to (ease the usage of the roads for such heavy traffic, pointing out that the Town Board would hold the Harbour Hoard responsible f"r all damage il«me to tbe roads lij- the contractors from excessive traffic The secretary's (Mr. r.nrneit, reply »a« to the effect that the Board had no jurisdiction over the contractors tv compel them to ttse or not to use certain streeis. the Donrfl therefore declined to admit any responsibility in the matter. ; In order to facilitate the better uanrfHus of passenger traffic at Stanley Bay, the Jjpvonport Steam Kerry Co., Ltd., applied for iM;rmission to iustal two permanent gangways on the Stanley Bay wharf. The ActlngTraflle Manager, Mr. R. C. Holmes, reported that the scheme would be an improvement on the present method o£ embarking and disemliarkins passengers. His recommendation was that the request be granted conditionally that the Board is protected against liability. The recommendation was adopted. It was also decided to communicate with the company lor improvement in embarking and disembarking ferry passengers at Birkenliead.