PERMANENT HARBOUR SCHEME.

New Zealand Herald, Volume L, Issue 15252, 15 March 1913, Page 4

PERMANENT HARBOUR SCHEME.

. Sir,—ln the bast interests of the port -hi Auckland, I cannot refrain from writing to compliment the Hekaxd on the vwS ' ante and comprehensive 'leader' in tti morning's paper, in which is summMfod " 4 the financial position of the HwfeU 1 Board, and the great works whioh * been - - accomplished by the buainew iMft £ on the beard under the export »dra»^ v $ their very capable engineer. The '•wit completed and in progress apeak for thai, selves, providing, as they do, every fata, for the carrying on of the present luj>» : trad« of , the port, giving quick to the big vessels now visiting and can easily be made to suit the ifefajte taenia of the still bigger boats yet to km*. , Now that these results are to be flteWi- - ; Been, the H&?aid vis moro than justifiwl w * ' giving out a bused of praise and aaiMiutm;: . - tnent to those members of the Hwfoi Board and its engineering experts ; vho ;"v' have done so much good and altogether ■'% necessary work, which will enable - Auck- *'■' land to take her rightful plaoe anjont»tH»' ports of the world. ;■■ The gratifying pro* .' p-ess of the permanent harbour worki'ia " hand shows clearly that the press of Attdt« ' * • land, aided by the business men, were en- i tirely right when they insisted some "jtoti - V* ago that « capable marine engineer should '* bo appointed to take charge of the harboq* *•' S and initiate a plan for permanent The result shows now very clearly to <w«ry j fair-minded man that tho course was tbs" ■> \< right one. To my mind it Is very regrettable that the harbour scheme which was ; i duly submitted to and adopted by the bqsi« ness people, should Btill" havo a few yet* > ' bitter enemies, who arc even now prepww to wreck the whole scheme if they could "■ 't only get their own way, because, forsooth, '4'if they did not think the new harbour plan -3' the right one. Their spokesmen who nave peats on the board mado a sorry spectacle its fit the last meeting, demanding vet more jsgj? inquiries; and :investigations, r <; The jssme gentlemen have had several such iittrairia# %% already, costing the board many hunctr«d» of pounds, but nothing 1 will satisfy tbstti'* Surely the time has now arrived when > electors will note how things are, and tak«,'\%s a. hand 'mr the game bv returning only Jf men who will support the permanent har* ; pour scheme, and not those men who so isp persistently do their best to obstruct ißj§|; annoy the pood men who are doing teal work of the board. MERcSiHf j " t j .j ;r... ■ —-w