HARBOUR BOARD.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 715, 14 January 1910, Page 5

HARBOUR BOARD.

-j.■. ,-v ... . ' A . ' ~. THE COMING ELECTIONS. .V.Tifc'.'long-promised itieasute■'!ih : of the constitution of harbour, boards hot' having yet become law, the elections next ' month will to cbiidtictcd on tlie. old.liasis. ..Candidates and their prospects are al- . ready being discussed.. • As far. as the biennial elcctions'of members of the Welliugton'Harbour Board are conccrned,- it is .regarded as d certainty that' .Messrs.) E. Fletcher' andF. • G. Bolton; the fbpresentiitives of: the city: - ratepayers, will .offer - themselves for. rc'election.:;-. ..' . V.:: - •; :. : • . Mr. J. : .G.*Hnrlmess,:tho.:ex-president of the: Chambei; of: Commerce, is: its repre'feeritativo on: the • board. : .The Chhmber, in tlio past, has usually conferred - this : honour upon its president. ,: Mr. W. G. • Duthie is how; president of the Chamber. The' r4U of members .entitled: to vote, has just been 'compiled' by Mr...'Si. Carroll, v ■secretary of the Chamber, and it will* be ' exhibited from January.-15 to. January 20. The payers of dues and owners of ships also have to elect a member. Mr. C. W. Jones. now hdlds the position. . ' • ■ Delegates from the local bodies of) the Hiitt district and Wellington suburbs'will • oloct one member. Mr. J. W. M'Ewan is their present ripreselslatlW, and it is un- • derstood that he is willing to serve again. : 'A-v A'' ; i • Mr; Maurice Cohen, the representative . of the Manawatu, has already announced .; his candidature,: and it is understood that ' Mr. C. E. Datiiell will.tigain offer his sef- ; vices to the .Wairarialia district;' The other members of the lx>ard are tW : ■three. Government -nominees .': and .' the ' Mayor of . Wellington,' nbno of Hvhiso seats ' are affected;:by the eleotiohs;': ; Monday, Febrilary 14, ■is the' day fixed 1 for the. elections, : and: tllo new . board, ( meets on, February 22. , Its first business t n-ill be to elfict a chairmsn. The name of ( Mr.;R. Fletcher is already mentioned for i this position.. Ailidnglirtetnbbrs wlio h'ave ; not'J-ot oicupied'the chair, only one—Mr. J Darnell—is senior toiMri. Fletcher. . It!:is : understood that the present . chairman— : Mr. T."M. Wilford, .has held 1 odice for two years, . docs hot intend to -| accept office .for a. third year. Mr. 'Wil- 1 fofd, Who is.at present out of tot>;n, has I not yet, however, niado any public an-1 i nouncement; on the Subject. - '