WESTPORT HARBOR BOARD

Grey River Argus, 4 October 1913, Page 5

WESTPORT HARBOR BOARD

COMMISSION OF INQUIRY. (Per Press Association. v ; '.}'-:;/''\\yEU;INGTON/;pct;a^ / _; ;T.he Westport Harbour Commission s at^at Wellington to-day to- hear _cvi-; dence m. the- enquiry. Mr. Evans, S.M.f presided - with a Messfi '. Gerald^ /Fiitzgerald, : W. Ferguson, A. T. Maginriity, and W/ G>- MacDpnald Corn mi'ssioners -■■;;':. • •/- N ;/•'.*, . ./.a/; : //-' Roibert'jThomas Sadd, Coriamissioner pf 'Grown Lands/. NapiecHe^-Commis-, sioner of Crown Lands,/ Nelson, between 1909 and. 1912, said that he had been surveying m Reefton and Karamea districts during that tune*. He knew of the endowments of-the;West-port Harbour Board.-- It was the; : practice" tb ..submit** all plans for granting lands adjacent to the; Harbor to the Harbor Board. . * . ■Wi/tness 7 'after cbhsulnng the files gave a- detailed explanation of variousgrants. In regard to;/ the 1 application by James Colvin and a Mi*. Carter for an "area/or- lease' the ; erigineer'.bf the Harbour Board explained the. olj-ject-ipris to Carter's application as it would involve cutting off access to ajriumber of outlets which required clearing. The cost of fencing would be great, and the whole grant would be incohycnifent. .Mr. Coly-ii -applied for a nairrow strip against which there were no objections. Reference was also triade to the proposal: to lease a cer- ■ y , y ■ ■ .-- v. **-■•-.*- tain area of eridownment land:; for golf liriks. The. - application was ' riot entertained .as it was -thought that- it- ' Would involve turning-land into waste;.Mr Colvin .made application -for the lease of this land and received 1 a lease for 21 years tenure/ und er tKeapas|plt:al; regulations; of the Aot -■.' of ■ i<jb4- y ■■ / : Further evidence was given by Mi,. Sadd .as to the leasiing pf^land to*-Mr. Colvin. The Under-Secretary of Lan^s (Mr. :,' Kensirigton) had ;recoirimei)Lded the granting of a lease./ /. ; ;- '"; In reply to a report, by' .witness, and. .after an explanation by Mr. Colvin the lease; wai issued. /■;' /•/:,-/ a At' this, stage Nthd; Commission ad l ; jourried. .;;/.'• '■•'/"•. '„;■•