"QUID PRO QUO."

Auckland Star, Volume LIII, Issue 212, 7 September 1922, Page 7

"QUID PRO QUO."

" '■ ,m < A NICE lOTIXE DINNER. THE LAND TO THE SEA. 'It haa been suggested that we have some ulterior motive in giving you this dinner," said the chairman (Mr. E. D. McLennon) to members of the Harbour | Board, who were being entertained at the Star Hotel lost night by the Auck- | land Agricultural and Pastoral Associa- j tion. "'Well," he continued, amidst I laughter, "there is no beating about the j • bush. I hope that next year when we ' ' hold our show one of the Harbour Board ]; sheds will be available. (Hear, hear.) 4 We sincerely and heartily thank you for loaning us the sheds, without which our I last exhibition would have been impos- ■ siblc, and the association is most cordlI ol 'y fjrateful. "There had been great difficulty about * getting a building for the show," conJ tinued Mr. McLcnnan, "but the Harbour ; j Board fixed that, and this function waa I I purely in appreciation of this great help ' ] and of the splendid assistance rendered ' by the board's staff. He congratulated the board upon its splendid wharves and '■ works and its progressive policy. Tho Canadian Trade Commissioner (Mr. -jßoddoc), jn forwarding an apology for -1 absence through indisposition, had '(written: "The ifaeilitics provided 'by thq tl Auckland Harbour Board arc on a par -1 with the best in any part of the world ti I have seen." (Applause). i Mr. F. M. Hills, vice-president of the Auckland Industrial Association, also 1 expressed appreciation of the Harbour li Board, nnd said his association hoped in future years to co-opcrntc with the Agricultural and Pastoral Association in even more ambitious projects. The toast of the Harbour Board was then honoured with enthusiasm. Mr. H. R. Mackenzie (chairman of the .board), in reply, said the board represented not only the people of Auckland but of the whole province, in whose progress and prosperity it was con- ' ccrned. The member* of the board were quite as proud as the members of the ' Agricultural Association at the success of their show. (Applause). The board was very proud of its staff. If the Harbour Board could help forward any industrial association* prosperity It would gladly do so. "But let mc tell you this." added Mr. . Mackenzie, "the country members of the board did not want to give you half as much as you got. It was the town mem. , bcrs who stuck to you." (Laughter). Mr. G. R. Hutchinson (deputy-chair-man of tho Harbour Board) also responded, declaring that the board was the temporary custodian of a public utility which belonged to both town and country, and was glad to give facilities for an exhibition showing each what the other waa doing. Other toasts were: "The Auckland Industrial Association," "Tlie Cornwall Park Trustees," and "The Press." The Lyric Quartet contributed musical and elocutionary itemß.