MO STALEMATE PORTS.
POLICY OF GOVERNMENT.
OPPOSED TO CENTRALISATION.
(By telegraph.—S feudal to "Star.") NAPIER. Friday. An important declaration of Ciovrrnmeht pbßcy in regard to harbonr control was ihtfde by the Prime Minister tonight when replying to a local deputation. "As a matter of policy the Government will not support any proposal for centralisation of shipping at main ports to Uite detriment Of smaller ports," declared Sir Joseph. "The matter has been bef®i% CabHMfei, and we have come to that decision. I am personally opposed to it. Harbours other than the main ones are serving a useful purpose, to the district to which they belong: to have them ttarned into stalemate harbours, and to. eortcfentrat-s on the main ports would he detrimental. As a matter of policy it Should be injurious to the country. The Government does not favour it, and I am convinced the House would not, even if the Government did." Before he attended the Harbour Board's Conference the Minister of Marine was instructed to oppose any scheme of centralisation. Mr. W. E. Barnard. M.P. for Napier, teaid tha Prime Minister's announcement was very featisfactofry. It would allay a feeling of unrest in the public mind.
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Auckland Star, Volume LX, Issue 52, 2 March 1929, Page 17
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