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Greymouth Evening Star, 5 March 1926, Page 2

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■ ■ — • DUNEDIN, March 5. At the Harbours’ Conference, the following remits were carried : — The Association considers that the Government Departments' should be requited io pity a proportion of harbour dues oil goods passed over the wharves specially those riot maternally subsidised by Government funds. . That as returned contributions to the widow of a deceased contributor to any superannuation fund. become the property of the widow, the Government be asked to make it clear That such repayments are not included in stamp accounts of a deceased estate. That the Government be urged to amend the Pensions-Act to that widows with pensions under the Harbour Board or local authority superannuation, shall not reduce or nullify the claim for a State pensionA remit from the Whangarei Board urged that an Admiralty survey of)New Zealand harbours and the coast be made. Colonel Mitchell (Wellington) seconded the remit. . Mr London (Otago) stated that his Board was just embarking on a big undertaking at the harbour entrance, and had suggested, with success, that a small part of the coast be surveyed. Captain Coll McDonald stressed the fact that if the South Island coastline were surveyed, the Coast Sounds would be coming into their own as scenic resorts. Captain Plummer (Tokoinaru) said that New Zealand currents were unknown. Most of the rocks round the coast were named after the ships that hit them. Mr Godfrey, Secretary of the Department, was quite sympathetic. It had been suggested that the Imperial Government would loan ships for the work, which was estimated to cost £SO,OGC annually for 20 years. Captain McArthur (Welington) said that tLe tides of Cook Strait were a puzzle to all. The remit was amended to ask for -a survey of the coast only, and carried.