Harbour Board Land

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XV, Issue 214, 9 December 1925, Page 5

Harbour Board Land

Wanted for Reclamation NAPIER COUNCIL’S OFFER. REFERRED TO COMMITTEE. At its meeting yesterday tho Napier Harbour Board received an offer from the Napier Borough Council of the sum of £lOOO for seven acres of land adjoining Hyderabad road, with tho object of reclaiming it. Mr. Ellison said that the place was an eysore and it was quite useless tothe Board. Mr. Jull said that he was opposed to the Board giving away its endowment and he would like to see the Board take the matter in hand itself Ho suggested that it should be reiored to a committee for consideration. Air. Roach agreed with Air. Jull in referring it to a committee.

Air. Higgins said that he was not surprised at Air. Jull’s attitude. The area would remain unproductive ana the loss and interest would absorb tho capital value. To turn the offer down would not be in the best interests of the Board.

Mr. Biyant said that Mr. Jull took up his usual attitude. He had been chairman for 15 years and nothing was done to the place and it was still a duck pond.

shifted the railway and that had to be done first r ’ ant: If y°? were still chairman nothing would be done. Mr Jull ; Mr chairman, I object. Mr biyant dislikes any aspersions, and I Xnntfn'Hfi 01 ' «>'« else casting them at me. Mr Venables: What has the Harbour Board done during tb 0 last four years with reclamation? : ’ ralked a lot about it. Mr. Chambers: I object to a matter being brought before us at a minute’s notice, and when it is suggested to be referred to a committee some members t 0 ln personalities. t-wnonV'en'+'V Tt will cost about -10,000 to fill the area up, and I think that the Board will be on the winning side. The chairman agreed that the question should not be rushed, and that was one that should be referred to a committee. 'I his course was agreed to.