HARBOUR BOARD.

Press, Volume LX, Issue 18015, 6 March 1924, Page 16

HARBOUR BOARD.

MONTHLY MEETING. The Lytfelton Harbour Board -met al LytteJton. yesterday. ■ Present—Meters !F, Horrell (chairman), R. Macartney, M. J Miller, H. Monro, H! Holland, It. Galbr&ith H. T. Armstrong, M.P., W. 'J. Walter, T A. Blackley, the Hon. R. Moore, and : Dr Thacker. Finance. The - treasurer's report stated that receipts for .the month wore £9849 -38s ' 6d,' as' ooai' pared with £9225 Jls for. February, 1923; which included. £43 8s harbour improvement rate which—was then'in force. It was decided,, on the recommendation el the Finance Committee, to offer for sal) at par debentures to .the value- of £IO,OOO out, of the unsold .portion of.tho Board!: £150,000 loan, a.t 5J per cent., to providf payment for the .25 electric capstans now- or order. 'J

The tender of Andersons, Ltd., at £754, was accepted ' for the conversion of - the ship-haulin? gear to electrio drive. Tie tender 6i Messrs Richardson, MicCabe .and C 0.,, Wellington','. a£\&s JO*,- fortlie./supply of 600 megohm Rra'de cable .conductozs ' was accepted.'. ' ( Engineer 's Report.-V' " 4 I , The engineer.. reported .in oonnexion with | the Glads tone. Pier reconstruction,, thatcaps and'floor l beams- were in' place, for u,*-dis-tance of 468 feet,' arid the-raking pries. and

mooring piles'for. similar r distanced ,■■■The lower decking hod * been fastened . dawn for & distance fot : 3l&;#«et iind' the' -concrete ;'rait-> ! proof, backing- wall for a distance" of 82a The. two outer channel leading 'beacons ahd the : lightltou3e' on the Gladstone Pier ' had been, repaired and repainted. Ail the'necessary wirintr poles had been erected, and cables run ;out for'tho' deck, pumps'. -Minor ' repaira • ■ had Wiin oa tried- out on No. 3land No..- 6.jetties and on N0„,5,- breastwork.. ' The assistant engineer to ■ the • Board;' Mr P. C. Fryer, : reported that-he had- attended the annual conference of, the Niew Zealand Society of Civil Engineers at had visited tho head works and .powerhouse of . the Waipori hydro-electric scheme.'> the flood-prevention works' on the Taieri plains, and had. also been shown- pver the .works of .the Otago. Harbour Board, the Qtago Harbour Board's engineer, ~lb J. W.G. Wilkie, furnishing the party witli: useful information; 1 ' ". / - • Elver -Matters.- ■ • • A letter. was received from ti>e county clerk, Heathcote County -Council,; asking the Board remove the flag in .the Bexley river, on .the estuary aide of, the Now bridge, just opposite . the Bcxley street piling, as -tke. •Qoimcil": «a> o£ opinion' that such , flag was* obstructing the natural! course of ; the river; and. endangering the sheet tiling. .'■', ■' / " ; The chairman stated that arrangements had - been mnde to - receive a deputation' Iroin the New BHghton Borough Council in regard the- protection of the.driver',bank -at Withell s • lelknd, .at - the meeting of the Board to be held on April 2nd.. He suggested that the. rtply' fc> {he • County .Cotmcil be: held' over until after the deputation' had ■-been received/: Dr.. Tb acker • considered that representatives of the. Chrislchurchl City Counoil should be .united to be. prefieht. Christchurch, had a large interest in the Tiverl A member: What about inviting -the .Drainage Board, too?- . t, Dr V r, don't.; think the D*aiiiage Board has anvthm* to■ do with, theriv&.< oS 7 theirdr&inag« into it. ,/• r . "' a Ucr: But thtoy. have got to keep tne • river clean. tw»" r : , ey don't keep it. clean. Thats the whole tronble] . - _ . decided to take the course-sug-gested by the chairman. , / . New By-Laws. ■At bcdal meeting of "the Bbard, held after the ordinary meeting, new by-laws',in regard to oforage-charges an-i'tlie discharge of waste oil. into the - harbour • were' passed. Stock Quarantine Station. Mi. Macartney- said he had -heard -that the Government intended to remove' the stock quarantine station from Quail Island elsewhere, leaving the island to . the lepers. The removal of the station, would :be a serious. matter ■ for the port. If any change had to be made the lepers could be shifted. The Hon. R. Moore said th&t,. .Canterbury was essentially "an'agricultural district, ano it was most important to retain the-stock station locally, ' ' Mr Macartney: The Progress League raeets Why not put the matted before'them ? was decided, on the motion of Dr. Thatfltcr, seconded by the Hon. B. Moopj, to write to. the Minister of Agriculture, and inform him that tho Board opposed the proposed removal.