WATER SUPPLY FOR SHIPPING

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLIV, Issue 13435, 13 March 1907, Page 8

WATER SUPPLY FOR SHIPPING

The contentious question- of water supply to shipping came up for further consideration at last night's meeting of the Dovonport Borough Council. A letter was read from the secretary of the Harbour Board, intimating that the Board would be prepared to meet representatives from the Council on Friday, 15th inst,, to discuss the conditions previously submitted by the Board. When the letter was road.

_ M.-. R. Logan, jun., suggested that cons.deration of it be deferred till the motion, of which he had given notice, came forward for discussion. He asked for that course to be adopted, so that he might have sub <rk,n,fcy ° f StatiDg his viewfon the Mr. E. W. . Alison (Mayor) pointed out $£ lt ,, would a » **rf ? proceeding to defer the matt ' and said he failed to J* what good would result. He moved, "That Messrs. Handley, Tim »«H. Graham, and Forte be a committee to meet the Harbour Mr. Logan argued that as, on more than one occasion in the past, letters had bee similarly hold over, he was only asking to? a reasonable concession. He complained bo was being thwarted in his effort express the opinion he was entitled to hold 17 a councilor, and if such tactics were to be 2"S %£T- uselcss for him * e *»■* The Mayor ruled the motion to defer tho letter out of order, and Mr. Logan then which he had &^ «<* the nfotlon o "Sf he had given notice rescinding the resolution asking the . Harbour Board to arrange a conference , with , ™prese?tetives the w incli o and „ in lipu thereof accepting supply water shipping at 2s 3d over mm gallons, and 1, ft' for all wate Ed 100 ° gallons, and Is 6d for all water used for aock purposes, the. Board to allow £ TO as a minimum for water taken from the ferry wharves, and, in the even of he Council deciding to run their own for v service they to have full control of the water for such service. lat t The Mayor's motion was carried, Messrs Logan, Osborne, and McLean dissenting.