ACCESS TO PORT.

Press, Volume LXV, Issue 19770, 7 November 1929, Page 7

ACCESS TO PORT.

1 COST OF COMMISSION. HARBOIR BOARD TAKES NO ACTION. I A .;•>:.'..•.out; jn of LV*j u>»aius tne ' co»: cf a CoramiMion of Investigation I ,n:o m'.l the means of acce&s to the ' s«' , tr.-rr. a.* requested by ! the IVirt ar.J City League, was refused j ••»• ihv Lytte'ton Hart/uur li-;ard yesterday. I*, wxi <1« iied to lake no action ~-n th« raottor. of Mr I'. Horreii. ! A:u'."i:-Jrueou by the chairman -Mr H. Itioilar.d) tha: £-50 he granted., and ' !• Mr W J. Waiter that the m.itter I .«; r-.i< rrt i t -• the Finaii'.e Comjr.itti.-c j The wrote asking fcr £l5O j »n a t;-;urantee of up to that amount j toward* the r-oßt of the Commission j ■;. ~w tnrtft established in Christen ureh. I I: i*a» n- ■'. anticipated that tho cost ' *i,-j',l cxfM"i £h>,o. hut the League j :uit.iid> i-■■! i-l"*J at lt.-a.st should he r.trtt--«-'t- >:' i>"*«xlt.d, additional to th-> pronv.w."* Government grant of £IOOO. Acre*j »aj thought by the League to be of vital concern to the Board, • rite Mr fhrystrT.:. tl.e League secretin. Mr Horrel! sai-J the Board should ko»p riear of the matter. The amount requested would have to be paid from unauthorised expenditure. The chairman (Mr H. Holland) said he did not like to see the proposal "turned down flat." The Board should guarantee up to £SO. If necessary ; the money could be collected. The Board should show willingness to encoirago access to th'e wharves. Mr \V. J. Walter said the establishment of a Commission was a matter more for an outside body rather than for the Port and Citr League to start. If the Government set up a Commission, it would he all right. Mr Horrell objected to the matter being referred to tbo Finance Committ*«, for on° member of the Finance Committee was nlso a member of the League CMr H. M. ChrystalK