POSTPONED.

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POSTPONED.

, EVANS BAY RECLAMATION. 1 EXCESSIVE DEMANDS OF LAND- . ( , OWNERS. The Wellington Harbour Board; at a special •• mooting- yesterday, decided to, postpono indelinitoly tho Evans Bay reclamation-scheme.:, 'y' The engineering plans';of ■ this great -.under-. -~ ■ taking' having been .worked out,. and, the , tbrms of the.agreement betwecu> tho Harbour,: ,-r v,. Boaid and tho City Council having been,,/ agreod upon,: it was generally supposed that-i'; / • .matters>wero proceeding-steadily towards th 0.,,, actual commenconient of tho; work. .-. The.,. •' - • reason for. tho decision -:iiow- taken ,by- the .- ■ Harbour Boafdiis stated-,to;boi tho excessive. . : ■ values placed ;by . tho . owners lon tho lands which tho Board wished to (acquire , for the. ■■■ ■> purposes of tho .reclamation,v,- ? .... .; v Tho mooting at which tho postponement of., , ; ... tho scheme' was- resolved, upon- was attended :■< , ■ > by tho.Hou. T.j.Kennedy Macdonalcf,M.L.C. . • (Chairman);. Messrs. AV.-T.,;W00d,:M.P., Ti:■ M. Wilfflrd, M.P:, H. Beauchamp, G.iShirfr. ; clilfo, R.iFletcher; and,F..H.,Eraser. , . ;■ 1 Tho Chairman rckd tho following roport ol - ithe ! committed', dn-ithe Evans- Bay,' rcclama-- ' ,■ tiorii-r,-,],; ; ,]' ; -;-n ■':< -. X: " Tho. committee L recommend that the Board obtain tho spoil required, for reclama> ; tion purposes at tho head o£ Evans Bay from ■/ t land to t>o purchased in Block. A, .Miramar,::! . between tho Old! Farm Road and the Miramar . Cutting, -and■ for- that- purpose authorise; the,. , purchase •of tho sections held by 1 private - .owners,, and the continuance: of 'the ,'nogotia-':' ]-. :.]:; tions with: tho Miramar Borough- for, tho, ac- . quisition of curtain road-areas;, and with'.tho :-. Gas' Company for | tho removal of spoil from their sections:. v , . , : • " That tho committee bo authorised to pnr- ; . s chase forthwith-ithose "sections : which-are ' under offer at prices that can be:approved by 1 the committee, and to-give instructions, for, ' : : 1 ■ tho necessary, steps to lie taken for acquiring tho other sections under .tho ■ provisions -of ' tho Public Works Acts." , - ;• . •; . . . - Tho Board; thoiij, on tho .motion, of the Chairman, - went -into.-'committee Jto''consideri tho abovo report. : v ],:,; . ■ • <.. .- '>. '/-J •/ '• On .the Board resuming, the.Chairman an- • : : nounced that tho following resolution had ; been passed:— ' "■■■ -' "• - '■ Thatj in consequence of tho ex- i. ; cessivo values placed by.tho owners . on tho lands at tho head of Evans ■;.'■'•] Bay, the, whole-question of proceed- . . ing with I .'t-lio; reclamation I] at -'Evans ] . ' .Bay bo postponed." . This resolution was confirmed by the . > ; Board] and -tho meeting then terminated:' ;•, •-. i; r" ■ 1 11 '.J.-- 1 :i']' ■'