GOVERNMENT BREAKS BY-LAWS.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 25, 24 October 1907, Page 5

GOVERNMENT BREAKS BY-LAWS.

''———♦- : ■ HARBOUR BOARDS PROTEST?. ' : -■ The Government, which makes laws for tho giudancii of the community, ought to be a model of good behaviour and an example to the common people. Instead of that, howevor, it is frequently as disobedient as an unruly,. Bchoolboy. That, at any rate, was the gist' of'complaints made, at;-the Harbour Boards' Conference yostorday. ,

During' discussion, Mr. Napier (Auckland) urged that it was,only reasonable that tho Government should be subjected to by-laws, tho samO as private individuals. , But it frequently broke by-laws most flagrantly. In Auckland, 'for ; instance,' ■ tho Government landed largo 'quantities of cxplosivos; in defiance of the by-laws, right into tho heart oF tho city, : and'carried them through a thickly-populated district to tho ammunition factory. Explosives ought to bo stored in tho proper placo jprovided. >.'■•..■ r . Mr.- Beauchamp (.Wellington) agreed, and stated that thcru wns'n case inWellington whore explosives had boen shipped from the Wool Jetty. ' It'whs ridiculous that, whilst tho Hurbour Board mado by-laws for the protection of life and proporty, tho Govornmont. should ho in a position to, flout them. It was tho saihe in regard to tho Corporatlbn j tliero wore by-liwr providing for a brick area, but tho Go rnmont had disregarded thcm.in some.instiuices. . i Mr. Forguson: Tho Government does "not conform to its own harbour regulations. : •.: ■