WANGANUI HARBOUR BOARD.

Press, Volume LXVI, Issue 20088, 18 November 1930, Page 16

WANGANUI HARBOUR BOARD.

AX AMBITIOUS SCHEME. (PRESS ASSOCtATIOH TBLBCBAK.) WANGANUI, November 17. Matters of \-ital concern to Wanganui and the district of which the city is the economic centre were raised in a discussion at the meeting of the Harbour Board to-day. A debate on loan proposals opened up two avenues of future policy, namely, should there continue, with consequent heavy expenditure, a policy of development to berth big overseas liners or had the Board reached a period when there should be an overhauling of its basic aims with regard to a deep sea harbour. There was nothing definite before the meeting but the debate was precipitated by a statement by the deputychairman (Mr P. Higginbottoui) advocating minor expenditure on the moles to bring them to a proper state of repair and the shelving of the major loan proposal of £200,000. The chairman (Mr J. T. 110ga.,) said ? rr\r n ' asoll wll >' the present policy ot the board should be altered, but like every other member he agreed that this was not the time to ask the ratepayers to sanction a big loan. Though no motion was carried, the discussion revealed that several members subscribed to Mr Higginbottoiu's view He and Mr Donald Ross both thought that Wanganui should forget, at east, f,or 20 years her ambition to brine liners in to the wharvca. j