HARBOUR POLLUTION.
DENIAL FROM DEVONP.ORT. EVERYTHING POSSIBLE DONE. There was a brief discussion at a meeting of the Auckland Harbour Board yesterday afternoon following the receipt of a letter from the Devonport Borough Council in regard to sewage on North Shore beaches, which stated that the council was of the opinion that a greater amount of crude sewage- was contributed by shipping in the harbour than from the borough outfall at North Head. It was pointed out that at least 75 per cent of Devonport's sewage went through rotary pumps before discharge in the harbour. The chairman, Mr. C. G. Macindoe, said that the council's communication was full of inaccuracies. The council was to a large extent responsible for pollution, and that could not be denied. 1 As far as shipping was concerned, the board was not as much to blame as was maintained. Everything possible to prevent pollution was being done by the naval authoriti \«. However, a comprehensive drainage scheme was being dis- f cussed, and it was not necessary to take any further action. One of the members mentioned that up-to-date ships had tanks which were emptied at sea. The letter was received.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXVI, Issue 245, 16 October 1935, Page 9
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