WHARFAGE ON WOOL.
RATES IN WELLINGTON
[by TELEGRAPH. PRESS, association-.]
Wellington. Wednesday. At the meeting of the Harbour Board tonight a lengthy and at times lively discussion, largely on the lines of town versus country, was provoked by the recommendation of the Wharves and Accounts Committee that wharfage on wool and hemp be increased by 3d per bile.
In reply to Mr. J. G. Cobbe, the chairman said that work which before the war could be done for £12 now cost £20. largelv due to the increased cost of steel bands and studs used in dumping wool and hemp. With the exception of Wanganui, the Wellington wharfage charges on wool were the lowest of any. They had not been increased since 1884. Labour then cost 7s per day. but it now cost lis 4d.
In reply to Mr. Cobbe, the secretary said that on this year's figures the increased charge on wool alone would be about £2000 and on wool and hemp combined £3260.
An amendment was carried that the committee's recommendation be held over til! next meeting and that the committee be asked to report in what direction economies could be effected in the operations of the board.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LII, Issue 16030, 23 September 1915, Page 9
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