WAIMAKARIRI HARBOUR

Press, Volume LXIX, Issue 20988, 17 October 1933, Page 15

WAIMAKARIRI HARBOUR

.MEETING OF BOARD The Waimakariri Harbour Board met Inst nigh'.. Present: The chairman (Mr J." Plirst >, Messrs J. Bryden, K. 'S. .jovcc, IT. Rinalcli, W. A. Young, J. H. Meali!if.:;, and Dr. M. Ramsay. The secretary of the Kaiapoi Unemployment Committee wrote in reply to the board's io'icr on the employment of reiki workcri at the mouth of the riv-r. tw.i advised that the committee had decided th-u no more men be. ailoc;.-ied to civ: bo='rd unlil such •tirnu ss the commit-i'"".! received a satisfactory explanation 01 I IIK board's teuarkr, in the public press regarding th" work at the mouth of the river. The letter was received, and it \va~, decided to forward a copy of the Waimakariri River Trust's engineer's rcpor; '.;' t!r' work carried out oy thj board at the river mouth. Mr H. W. Harris, engineer 1o the Waimakariri River Trust, wrote stating that in his opinion the work on the channel carried out by the board at the concrete blocks at Kairaki would be exceedingly helpful, in getting the. river through the spit when a,.flw,d <-f sufficient volume was experienced. The channel should, if possible, be maintained so that a minimum amount of sand would require moving during a hood. Tha mouth of the river was still travelling southward, and due to the decreasing scour by the river through loss of head, the depth of water on the bar was rapidiv lessening- Under these conditions the chances of a successful opening of the new mouth at Kairaki Were increasing. Having regard to *e fact that to'create the new mouth without the assistance of a flood would be', costly, the rTorts of the board were to be commended. It was decided to thank Mr Harris for his renort, ..Commander C. 11. K'TsJoy, Royal naval Volunteer Reserve, Christchurch, wrote acknowledging receipt of the board's invitation for the cutter] Deveron to visit Kaiaooi. and advised) 'hat arrangements had'now been made; 'or the Deveron to visit Kaiapoi on October 21. - i

The letter was received, and a prolamine oi' entertainment submitted °y the harbour cemmitteo was adopted. Mr A. O. WiP.cocks wrote advising tnat he would be prepared to act as Pilot free of charge in the Deveron Ifovideci tlw> bar'was sounded and [he neces=arv 1.(-aeons erected by the board. He'■-ugge.-led that in view of the new sinna! regulations the board mould evader tin- purchase of additional fi.r niloting the DevgSl'i were left in the hands of the Ijlpour committee, and it was deto make enquiries about the ft was also decided that enquiries b ° made abcii' Hie purchase of a Ved"e.. aid i,;at. a special meeting of ,'. i; e hoard rnould be held to discuss ' n, 3 matter. Mr Rir.alcii cave notice to move at ,! >c next me-t!!i;.; th„t the board remind its l-.'.-i/'iCain that the Kaiapoi Unemployment Committee be asked W.mind its o.vn -.-ismes.-.

THE POUT CHALMERS . •s>■ ■ MOTnR-UNKR LAI NCI! ED WELLINGTON, October 16. Tfle Commor. wealth and Dominion 'lie has received cabled advice that '3 new 11,250-ton cargo motor-liner M Chalmers was launched on OcoDer 13. S he will leave England the end of next January on lr maiden trip to Australia. tt j?e Port Chalmers is the first of JjL'^Y. 6 '" l hew motor-liners for the 1-T , Zealand-Knfdand trade to be '"'inched