HARBOUR BOARD ELECTIONS.
■ (BT ' TEI.EGR&rH— SrECIM, 1 CORMtSPOSCBHT.t ' FeWuary 25. : '. ■ At. the meeting of- the,HarWtfr Board today 'the Hon. "E. Mitchclson wiflr re-elected chairman. On taking , his : se»t Mitfcnelson said! that at present •' largo a'iicT ; imp'dftant work? woro in hand—works- which i;o, port of tlio" Australasian colonics had., ever' Undertaken. It ,'was problematical whether-ffioso.' ivorks would 1 bo considered to be as'successful as wo would hope. -At the end > oft tho month, Mr. Mitchclson said, they. would hayo" a. fairly, good grasp, of tho financial: position. Ho intended drawing up a report showing tho'. 1 recommendations tho conlmittce had adopted, and what they would!:- cost the Board/'i'The'first work that sliouH' be undertaken was-tho Eastern reclamation,'in order to commence the Eastern .wallr.imd provide cxt'rai bta'thing- accommodation, olir'spite of tho'large works proposed to" beqearriedout, he; could safely say that they'Cduld be carried out without inflicting anymiicrease by way of!'rates or 'charges or wharf duesm'pon the mercantile community. ;o:
tDT'TEI.EGBArir.—T'ttESS ASSoiji.VTtOK.) ', t ; InvoreargMl, FflWaiy.i's. .. MrfJ.'E.' Watson has been ekctoi supposed for a ; -thirci; term vas chaji iiiaii ...!' tao Bluff Harbour. Board.. , ... r , • ■ .
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Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 132, 27 February 1908, Page 4
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179HARBOUR BOARD ELECTIONS. Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 132, 27 February 1908, Page 4
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