BOAT HARBOUR.

Auckland Star, Volume LXIX, Issue 177, 29 July 1938, Page 14

BOAT HARBOUR.

ORAKEI SCHEME. STRONG PROTEST MADE. MEETING OP RESIDENTS. Unanimous protest against the, pre posed boat harbour scheme at Okah ■Bay whs made at a well-attended meet in? of Orakei residents, held at th Orakei School last evening lt wa unanimou.lv decided to lodjre with th Minister of Marine, the member for th V' I '" ; A ":; kli " ,<l t-Mty Council an tie Auckland Harbour Board an em I'liatie protOHt against the propos.il. , -Mr .Neil McArthur informed the meet ■ '■;.' that the Minister of Marine, th Ho,. I !• raser, had stated that nothin; would be done until there had been con ••deration by the memlien, of Parlin ment. the Harbour Board, the C t Council and the , resident,, of Orakei in. 7\ /u H - , presided an. ttnited the chairman of the Aucklan, Harbour Board, Mr. VV. B. Darlow, t address the meeting. Mr. Darlow said the Harbour Boar, existed solely in the interests' of shir ping and they were called on to provid certain facilities. The building of net import and export wharves necessitate* shifting the small era ft. and there wa not room at St. Mary's Ha v. Okahi Bay was the only place where the plea sure craft could be housed at a reason able cost. People had said that it woul. spoil a beautiful ba v. A Voice: Quite right! No Better Site. Mr. Darlow said that at present then was no control over the beach and with out a boat harbour they would probflbh have 200 „r 300 boats hauled up there The board had not yet made a decision hut it was considered that there was n< K" Jw „ A b ° at ~a,,,0,1r at 0 ™"t« *J VeH.njrtnn, had not spoiled th, surro imlhjrs, and a boat harbour at St Marys Bay would not be an evesore. rhe chairman ~t this stage "requester rather than, argue ihe ease for a boai Jo nT\ a™! WOXIU enable to he asked ami answered without deve loping argument. Mr. Darlow replied that his ar«„Tnem was sound and he wa* not afraid o hn,rr n n" e added M the boat har hour would improve the Okahu Beach voices: No, no! resident at the back of the hal made an appeal f or . Mr . 4>arlow to b allowed to proceed in his own way l>aWow a do d so! dW! > ,notio,,toietMr The chairman said they wanted Mr SS"JJ° •?& the bba * h * r ™ «" they did not think he.wanted to ente into an argument.. Mr I ', l don,t mind - m „i Da u, WB «? e,tt remark trough more He said that it was « dirty bay noW. A Woman's Yoke: It isn't. Mr. Darlow said that he did not min, whether the project was turned dow: or not, as he had no personal interest in boats. He added that the board ha explored every avenue, and other site had been ruled out because of expense Does the board intend to procee with the scheme T" asked a resident. Darlow said that the board ha discussed it, but no finality had bee reached. He could not say what th attitude of the board would be, bn personally he was in favour of th scheme. They did not want to spo the harbour in any way, but they ha to do the best according to the con ditions. Nautical Fairyland. A resident said that Mr. Darlow ha, almost pictured a nautical fairyland snd asked if the Cox's Creek proposa ad been fully investigated. j& Mr. Darlow said that all sites ha, been considered. ■ '■■• .< Mrs. M. M. Dreaver considered' tba the Orakei proposal was "putting a hack yard into the frontyard." ~ Mrs. R. A. Kenner said that surely i place could be found for a boat harbon ■which would not spoil the beauty o one of the most beautiful harbours i the world. The Harbour Board shoul, have the will to appreciate its beaut} and And a way \of providing a boa harbour that would meet with th approval of the people they representee The harbour was theirv greatest asset and greatest inspiration. '(Applause. , Mr. F. Jones said that they did nc want to see the children treading o empty bottles, nor did they want tea* nudist parties-at Orakei. (Laughter,) Miss E. Melville said that the Harbor Board should have regard for the require . ment* of flhe people, and urged that th site at Hobson Bay should be explore* She regarded the present proposal as " .crime against Auckland," and.the pn .posed wave-break a* a monstrosity. Mr. Darlow, on his. withdrawal froi the meeting, received a hearty vote c thanks. | After carrying the resolution of pn test the following committee was set u to represent the Orakei residents an obtain advice on alternative schemes:Mesdames B. A. Kenner, W. Johnstoi K. Salmon, Messrs. N. McArthur, A Murray, R. Jones, L. Wilson, P. B Matthews and N. Simpson.