HARBOR WRANGLE

Gisborne Times, Volume LXVI, Issue 10412, 20 October 1927, Page 5

HARBOR WRANGLE

PETITION To|> PAULI AMENT EVIDENCE.ffIFOEE SPECIAL W ... - COMMITTEE re SHARING TELL (NOVEMBER, 4. _ - >: Petitions Com- - mittee wilffpn :N6y.--'4; hear-the petition'signed. byybiuigqssesrif (Gisborne praying for. the appointment r of a •Royal - itiy.e‘stigate v the' expenditrircreof - loan moneys in the construction'of. theGisborno harbor works;. according to: advlcfi' received by the petitioners,, who asked for an adjournment frbrii; Friday next, ,on account. of’ Mr'A. AVado being Indisposed. - /, re . ■-Tnffresponse to inquiries froth the authorities the Hoard at a special' mefiting^vdecided to send; a delegation ioffVVefimgtoh' coniprisirig the; chair-, miany M r ~W; G.'Sherratt, with the engineer : and Messrs U. Campbell yand; A.,,. /Barton, to watcn'thy :Board’s interest's. . It is undel-stbod "that: no'-eopy of * the petition; has ; been made available to the- board;: .the decision to be represented , at: the hearing, being biased more on . general principles than on any knowledge‘ of'• thfi ; , contents of the petition;;, ..re.,yw .- The/committee appointed to organisa the -protest- against the Harbor Board’* policy.' and methods,- and which> drew up and- forwarded the petition to Wellington, will also be represented at - the hearing. ' The committee has been handicapped to. a considerable extent, however, owing to the Illness of Mr Alf Wade, the chairman ofs tile committee and the prime • mover in the matter of - the protest. ' : v The principal objection held bly the Harbor Board against the institution of -: a commission. is based on the matter “off expense'the riiajority of the lioard; members are satisfied (hat- the policy- Of the board would bo endorsed ,' by. any .commission, more es-pec-xally ln' yifiw of the -fact that the pre-sent-activities are based upon the recommendations of Mr F. W. Furkert; /Engineer-in-Chief to tho Government. •: