HAREOR BOARD.

Evening Star, Issue 12029, 29 October 1903, Page 4

HAREOR BOARD.

The Harbor Board met this afternoon. The Hon. Hugh Gourley was m the chair, and there were also present Messrs J. Robin, T. Ross, W. Barclay, J. Thomson, J. Watson, and the Hon. T. Fergus. —The Bank Book.— The bank book, laid on the table, showed a credit balance of £5,787 9s 9d. —A Deputation.—

Mr F. G. Cray, Mayor of West Harbor, waited as a deputation from the Council of that borouyh to urge upon the Harbor Boird the advisability of their setting aside a portion of their recreation reserve at Ravensbourne for settlement purposes. There seemed to be some objections to anything being done at present owing to railway difricu.ties in the way. He had assurance from several people that they would be willing to take up sections. One objection was that the railway prevented any proper approach. The Government made no move, and he submitted that the Harbor Board might take such steps as he suggested, and so, perhaps, force the hands of the Government. He pointed out also that while the land was lying idle it was not lemunerative, and West Harbor Borough was stagnated somewhat because of it. Also the settlement of the land would finally dispose of the question of removal of sand and injury to the land.

The Chairman said that the matter would he taken into con.'idcrution, but he reminded Mr Cray that Riven; bourne's representatives on the Board had" always t.ren urging the Board to have this kind sr-t apart for settlement. Then a deputation from Raven-bourne waited on them and asked for a portion of it for a recriatiou ground. That portion had now been set as.de and fenced. Ravensbourne wa> pot neglected. The Harbor Board were quite as anxious to make money out .c? tiiidr reserves as the deputation could or to toil them, and in h-s opinion it w-iul-l he the height of fo'iv to now. Vih:v the railway w;'s the vidv •vould go up. Now. to sell would b-; ■•> b:s> to the Board. So ftv he v>u •-■'■ncerned, be had tjo 'aith .-»■ all in sttbrnl* ■ ting this land fcr co:n]>etitiop The St'-ori-tary banded in a tr ■':•.<■ r-';■. bg that after the amount of '01:1! re:-.-; v: for street:; and railway purposes was 'rid; :.wav ihcie w;add bc-'vr-iy iitilr left-on: about t\i<) and a-'piatter acr ( s. Mr B:-.iclay was'glad thai the natter ]■■ -..l brought r.p. but agreed with V..--thaimi.m that it would be to wui■ until the railway was ; and after Mr Cray had withdrawn he moved that a deputation wait on the Minister of Kailwayfc to urge that this work be puh,:-d >-.q. The morion lapsed for want of a seionder. the Chairman mentioning that, when he and the Hon. 11 Pinkerton bad approached Sir J. G. Ward about the matter in Wellington his reply war. that they bad 'not got a hope." —Correspondence.— A letter icc-rivd ficr.i tl,- mer. >,: : of the ('aveithatii Ir.uti-Tri; 1 S-he:d s-. !: a reduction o; the char'U"- (£l2) it; :•- '.•onveying Indtistnai Schro! to ..' from Qiiarantiue Lland.—AgiYvd to t.;c\; charge to £lO. The 'larme T'enartment forward, d intimation that Eis E:;celiencv ihe Ge, ;• nor. in pur nance of the provisions of set tion 156 oi the HcM-hors Act, IG7b' reproved of phn of proposed e'xteusion o: Victoria vdiarf.—Bcceived. 'ihe City Engineer wrote seekin" per mission, to % erect two dOO-galion tank/or the roedway near the Board's office.-", .fer the pvrpose of pumping salt wat"r inwatering the streets.—Secretary in;tructed to act. Turubull. Martin, and Co., shipei. - -gents, applied for a reduction 0': b-r": !••'■'•■' dues charged to s.s.. Somciv-ct. fi suggested that special circvjmsrai.ces cvwhy the full tariff of {d per ton' sll.p not be charged. The first ;t.eamer »iai- .i on Labor Day. when it was impossible .•.'> arrange with laborers to v/ork ; the scco d came the following day. w-l:en exec"'-.,. rain fell, preventing discharge of car-e. and only part of the day was workable \m barardiy. If the steamer had discharge,] at Port, the berthage rate would have only |d per ton, as against id p er ton "at Dunedin. making a total maximum char^ a at the former port of £ls.—After diser-. sion it was agreed to inform the agents that no reductions could be made without amending the Board's bv-laws. It agreed, however, to deduct tug dues The Town Clerk of Dunedin wrote s'-rf'"" that the Board's application for p..,v,\-V'. , to lay a siding connecting the rait win- ■ '- the Victoria wharf had been referred to- '' - city .'o'icitors, and that all co-ts in • '- matte'- would be chargeable to the Board --

The- iewti Cleik -bo wrote that the r-.-Council had resolved to form and m--n

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