WELLINGTON HARBOR BOARD.

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume XLVI, Issue XLVI, 16 March 1914, Page 7

WELLINGTON HARBOR BOARD.

WELLINGTON, March 16. Ketemng to the strike in Lis report at the annual meeting of the Harbor .Hoard to-day, the chairman, Mr R. *'etcher, said the trouble in his otinion Had been caused by obstinacy on one part and stupidity on the other aid the results had been disastrous to all concerned as strikes generally were.' lnrough the difficult and trying tines ne had an inward consciousness and scale of justice evenly and looking back ne had an incurred consciousness and the satisfaction of feelfng that be had done his duty as a public representative. The Board's profit and loss statement showed a credit balance of £13 - 071 odd, as against £10,734 odd.. The hnancial position was eminently eatisfactory, the increase of earning from £216,025 to £237,293 showed an tdvance of £21,368. Goods inwards t< i ailed 535,040 tons as against 489,436 tons an increase of 9.31 per cent, and a record for the port. The total shipments of wool and skins, etc., excluding transhipments, amounted to 301,050 bales as against 251,861, an increase of 38 5 per cent.