ASSOCIATION WITH PORT
Minister’s Name Well Known
“I cannot see aircraft displacing shipping for many years for cargo,” commented the Minister of Marine (Mr Fox) at the official opening yesterday of the Lyttelton Harbour Board’s new building. The name of Fox was linked with the trade of Canterbury, sai£ the Minister. In 1850, Fox was the chief agent of the New Zealand Company. He visited Lyttelton and approved a grant of £3500 for the £20,000 programme for the development of the port. “As Minister in charge of State Advances I am much more generous in my outlook,” the Minister said. Another occasion in Lyttelton’s history was when Captain James Fox brought the first tug to the port, said Mr Fox. The trip in the paddle-wheel craft, which cost £9OOO, took three months from England. “Bill Fox arrived at Christchurch this morning from Wellington in a Viscount in one hour,” said the Minister. “But the Viscount cost £400,000.” After 29 years’ service for the Lyttelton board, the tug was sold to the Devonport Ferry Company for £3500. Harbour boards, he said, were always wise. They bought ships; and New Zealanders lived by ships.
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Press, Volume XCVIII, Issue 28980, 22 August 1959, Page 15
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