QUESTIONS SATISFACTORY.

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume II, Issue 297, 20 November 1912, Page 6

QUESTIONS SATISFACTORY.

I PRESS STATEMENTS. 1 Some consiilerahle discussion took place at the meeting of tile Napier I Harhoqr Board yesterday with re- ’ gard to the statements mad" regaid- • ing the questions submitted to the I engineers. He quoted from a newrpaper cutting and asked for an explanation. Mr. Lane held they were not there to take notice of newspaper re- j marks. They should not waste ti:.m with such rot. He reminded the board of the fact the* they Lad i opposed his motion to eject press! ■ representatives giving false reports. ■ Discussion having been oijened on ! 'j the matter, the chairman proceeded j ■j to give an explanation. The ex-; , { planation was not so much for tin i "o.ard as for some outside. He said j the statenunts made by the "Telegraph’’ were utterly untrue. The board had decided what questions should be sent and after some ex plnnatory reftrence to the lettei in/fit the engineers, he said he would 'ike to point out to the board that there were several classes of people) ■ 1.0 got away from flic truth. Thcrt i vrs the ordinary kind, the lancy

. -ar.'cty, a"d then the ■■'!'.!•■■■■.■•■'■•-" ? In fact: the “Telegraph” was in a 1 ■••’nss by itself. He pointed out that a committee had been set vp to foru mnlme questions. That committee ' wt and then adjourned to the I •■.•'•;' day, when h-e ■-•■■"- deputed to II nreparo questions. The qn; stions e prepared were typewritten and preto the board for confirmation. 9; The hoard was to say what was ot e -.-as not ncressarv to go to the ~ .'r-rmcers. The beard cut out ques- j ■ wi.'-.ts which had been prepared Uv i , him and .".Itmx 1 the list. Bet the' ■ iiicit’o:’? as they left, the l.oni’d worry s J •I’w-olut* !v the same ar those pri-i , -ruled l.v Mr. Niven and Limwlf to - l:e cnqinoc-;s. He hoped hi:: ex j plana'-ion would ra'.isl’y member-;' 1 and that (although be had not much j i hope) the newspaper would with-! - draw its statements. I Mr. McGrath said it was renllyi . quite unnecessary for the ■chairman j to make the explanation to member; | but as .‘cine people read the paper! they might be led to think .Me a--;-' | Niven and Jull were dishonourable! men. For this reason he was glad! the chairman had made the enplana-j lion. . Air. Nivrn thanked Air. Jul! for Lid clean straiglitoi’t statement. He could net see how the paper could j. make c ach a mistake. It looked like! Li deliberate action. Unfcwturarclv t psjinv people the “Telc-|-grapli*’'''Tti!<>uiuit it truth-1 The object of the discussion veas to! disabuse their minds. "A J Mr. Langridgo. while n.-kirS ’t I there was a reco”d of what, had b\’ pn done, said he had no reason to doi\bt the chairman’s impartiality. He ka'P sat ns a jurytntr.’i. \ Air. Lane s-tid it. would be more\. inipr. .-t.a.nt if the board mid it was ' satisfied with the cpicstions. Air. Ji:;l said he would like the board to car whether the questions put were those the board asked. J Mr. McGrath then moved that ’ the questions put were those submitted and the answers are satisfactory to the board. ‘ Speaking of his particuar question about the tide rivers. Air. Parsons | ! said he was quite satisfied and the t harbour work would give the people * in low lying parts an opportunity to * drain their land. 1 The motion was then put and carried.