PETONE BOAT HARBOUR.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2017, 26 March 1914, Page 9

PETONE BOAT HARBOUR.

TO BE CONSTRUCTED FOR £2450,

The suggested boat harbour at I'ctono' was considered- at last ii.i'ght% meeting of the Harbour Board, When sfr. J. W. M'Ewan, the Mayor of Petone/ and a member of the Harbour Board, moved :—"That tho engineer be instructed' to proceed, with tho erection of a, boat harbour at Potone, as per plaiv slid, report submitted to tho board; the wo ! rk to bo undertaken by tlio board's staff,' at an estimated capital cost of £2450. Mr. M'Ewan said that provided the larger scheme was cariied wit tho Pctone Borough Council Would guaranCeo one-half the standing charges oi £260, less tho amount received from any mooring, fees levied by tlie Harbour Board. , Mr. H. Fletcher;' Less .Hie ■ mooring. ; fees'l What has tho I'ctono Borough Council got to ■do with the wooiing fees? A member: It's to rflievo the council : of a share of .the ciiarges. Mr. M'Ewan: If tho board resolves £40 as mooring fees, we propase. the Harbour Board should take iliat amount _ off tho-co'uncil's share of the standing charges." Mr. Fletcher: You Would: h.av© more chance of this going through without referenco .to tho mooring fees. Tho board should get'the mooring' tees. Mr. M'Ewan: Perhaps .the. hoard would meet us half way,, and allow half : tho mooring fees. After further discussion Mr. M'Ewan agreed to'add to his motion'. "That the Petone Borough Council agreed to provide half tho standing • charge's, less half,of any mooring fee^'received, the council to provide a caretaker wheiV considered necessary," . Captain "Watson seconded the motion. Mr. H. L. Nathan said that, ho did not think they should go jil'iW ,«W:li schemes at the piesent tihis.. Tlrej-p . were moro urgent works to be carried out. For that reason lie would oppote the motion. • . Mr. R. Fletcher, said, that it was essential in a harbour like theirs thatsome provision for boats, should be provided. The Pctonu proposal was wry moderate compured with the cost qif the boat harbour constructed at the To Aro end. Ho proposed U; support the p.mpcsal., . The amended motion was finally carricdr ~ ■ : .