NELSON HARBOUR BOARD

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXXII, 18 April 1939, Page 9

NELSON HARBOUR BOARD

MONTHLY MEETING CORRESPONDENCE AND REPORTS | WORK OF MARCH PERIOD At the monthl ymeeting of the Nel- \ son Harbour Board last evening there j were present: Messrs A. Gould (chair- j man). C». Manson, H. VV. Kelly. J. H. j Brunt. A. R. Kingsford. W. B. Griffin. J. , B Carr. H. W. Chisnall. A. E. Max. Accounts amounting to £550 13s 9d j were passed for payment; and pay- ! ments confirmed were £5113 7s 7d. The bank pass book current account showed cr. £4.965 17s Id at 28th Feb-, ruary. 1939: and cr. £9.210 3s at 31st March. 1939. The statement of income showed j wharf dues March £2221 8s lOd (£2394 I 6s 6d last year): harbour dues £4Bl 17s j 2u (£489 3s 5d >: rent receivable £79 7s; 9ri (£BO 10s 4d»: Mapua dues £764 19s! 2d (£1.125 17s Id). Totals. £3.547 12s j lid (£4.089 17s 4d). CORRESPONDENCE Mr H. Atmore. M.P.. wrote enclosing a letter from the Minister of Labour [ advising that the Nelson Harbour j Board may continue temporarily the i present work under Scheme 13. The District Engineer. Public Works : Department, advised that it is consider- j ed necessary to erect a machinery shelter shed at Nelson Airport, and asking if the board will agree to purchase shed a 4 cost, less depreciation, at the end of the Department’s maintenance period.— Deferred. The secretary of the Pelorus Scenic Board convoyed thanks for donation. The District Engineer, Public Works Department, advised that the Engineer-in-Chief considers it preferable that the anemometer should be located in the administration building. Nelson Airport. and asking what course the board proposes to adopt in this connection. — Thi matter was deferred.

j The Consulting Engineer forwarded a ccpy of a memorandum sent to each officer connected with the dredge Kaione defining their duties; also regarding , proposed reclamation of the harbour , j mudflats, report on harbour, working of 1 Kaione at Nelson, and concrete vibra- j The hon. secretary. Toe H. Nelson, applied for a donation towards the | work at the Seamen's Institute. Port Nelson, for the purpose of providing ; additional equipment.—lt was resolved that £2 2s be again donated, and information as to the activities asked for. The secretary. N.Z. Harbour Boards’ ■ Union, advised that owing to extra exI penditure. it is found necessary to make i a levy on members, and enclosing an ! account for the amount, j The Engineer-Manager. Westport Harbour, advised that the discharge ' pipes for dredge Kaione have been fori warded, and enclosing ammount of £B3 | 15s 8d hire charge for six months. REPORTS HARBOUR MASTER The Harbour Master (Capt. A. G i Christie) reported as follows: The number of vessels arriving during the month of March. 1939. was 81, j and the departures taken numbered 8L ! The amount of registered tonnage for the month was 49.298. compared with 42.5°2 tons for the corresponding period last year. During the month the overseas ves- : sels Piako, Tairoa. and Opawa were in ! port loading: also the Vacuum Oil Company’s tanker Arthur F. Corwin which , discharged a quantity of motor spirit. The Wanganui Harbour Board’s dredge arrived on the Ist instant. The ; pipeline here has been completed and dredging will commence early next week. WHARFINGER The Wharfinger (Mr J. W. Harris) reported as follows: The following cargo was received at the wharves during the month of March, 1939: —Inward cargo, 7.945 tons: , outward 4.726 tons; total for month, 12.671 tons. As compared with the . month of March. 1938. inward cargo j i 7.934 tons, outward 6,220 tons; total for month 14.154 tons. Showing an in- ] crease of inward cargo of 11 tons and

a decrease of outward of 1.494 tons. Total decrease 1,483 tons. Quite a large amount of inward cargo was received over the wharves during the past month, but the outward cargo ! received shows a decrease of 1,494 tons. This I may mention is due to the receiving of export fruit for shipment. During the month 78.157 cases were received through the sheds. During the I month of March in the preceding year. 125.690 cases were handled through the sheds, and there were also 15.544 cases transhipped from bay ports to the overseas vessel, thus showing the decrease of export fruit received. On the 12th March the overseas vessel Piako arrived in port. This vsesel had no inward cargo to discharge, but loaded 20.428 carcases of lamb. 969 carcases of pork. 113 bales of skins and wool, and 56 tons tallow, and sailed on the 15th of the month. We had also the tanker Arthur F. Corwin and the Tairoa in port during last month, but neither of these vessel’s cargo tonnages appears in the March returns. MECHANICAL ENGINEER The Mechanical Engineer (Mr G. Barltrop) reported:— ! During the month of March, 1939. the I following work has been carried out: I The ramp over the roadway and pipe 1 line has been completed. New iron j work was made to carry the hoods | over the doors of No. 5 shed. Repairs were carried out to the water service, hand-trucks, trailers and the 1 ton crane. Several life buoys have been recovered and shapes made for taking the lines of soundings. The lifting gear in No. 2 shel was overhauled, and new rollers and lifting ropee renewed where required. The discharge pipes from Westport have arrived and stacked ready for use on the reclamation. WORKS FOREMAN The Works Foreman (Mr A. S. Johnson) reported that the following works have been carried out during March. 1939: Wharves: Repairing braces and walings on understructure of wharf. Copper patching piles and taking out damaged bolts and putting new ones back in place. Also repairing wharf deck, etc. Stores: Repairing ventilators, also doors, etc., on No. 1 store, and repairs to No. 2 store. Slipway: Attending launches using slipway. Mole: I have had about 300 tons of granite blocks lifted and placed on north side of mole, and we are now building concrete abutments on face of mole to break up the wave action. Miscellaneous: Repairing handtrucks. wheel-barrow, truck blocks and generi. 1 maintenance work. MAPUA WHARFINGER The Mapua Wharfinger (Mr D. Blanche) reported:— While export fruit shows a decided felling off for the month of March, local fruit shows an increase as compared with the corresponding month of last I year. The figures are as follows: — Export fruit. 105,526 cases (166,505): local fruit 13,761 cases (10,057); totals. 119.287 cases (176,562). The following general cargo was handled: Inward 146 tons (230): outward 61 tons (54); totals 207 tons (284). Although the year show's a decided falling off in the crop our returns will be ahead of 1937 which was hardly to be expected when the season started.