News From Op unake.
(UNITED PRESS ASSOCIATION.) OirjtfAKE, Jane Si, " -/attended public mpetingtoo place here last ni^ht, several country settlers being present.. The question of* the foroigjbionj of. i.a Harbor Board was discussed, and it was decided that as the Board would have little or nothing m; ihe endowments, it was unadvisable to form a Board at present. The country , settlers again complained oi the wane of faculties for shipping of cattle or produce, and pointed, out that a sum of money hat } eii>ht or nine years ago, been placed on the Ksti mated, but allowed to ,lapse/,iur; consequence of the flax mill stopping. The flax mill.^ was. now emDloying a large number of Europeans and Maoris, but it shipping facilities were uot provided, the industry must collapse again. It was unanimously resolved to ask tne Government to place a sum of money on the Estimates Jfor the construction ,of a jetty,
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Manawatu Standard, Volume 4, Issue 170, 23 June 1883, Page 2
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152News From Opunake. Manawatu Standard, Volume 4, Issue 170, 23 June 1883, Page 2
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