MR. HAWSER'S RESIGNATION.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXI, Issue 18887, 9 December 1924, Page 11

MR. HAWSER'S RESIGNATION.

SIX MONTHS' LEAVE GIVEN.

FINDING A SUCCESSOR.

INQUIRY THROUGHOUT WORLD.

DECISIONS OF THE BOARD*

I A special meeting of the Auckland I Harbour Board was held yesterday after- ; noon, and was continued to a late hour J in tho evening to consider the report of I the commission. The discussion was held •in committee, press representatives being excluded. At tho close of the meeting the chairman, Mr. H R. Mackenzie, made the following statement: — The committee of the board as a whole passed the following resolutions, which were adopted by tho board:— That the report and findings of Messrs. Cyrus J. R. Williams and F. \V. Fnrkert. chartered civil engineers, be received mid approved. That the resignation of Mr. W. H. Hairier as engineer to the board bo accepted in terms of his appointment, and that he be given six months' leave of absence. That the work recommended by the j commissioners in answer to question' 6 j be authorised. | That Messrs. (>. Niccol and R. F. | Moore be asked to report on the best | means of removing and reinstating the I Western Wharf. That applications be called throughout the world, returnable in six months, for (he position of engineer to the board at a salary of £1250 per annum.

MR. II AMUR'S CAREER.

APPOINTED 21 YEARS AGO.

Mr. Hamer was appointed engineer to the Harbour Board in January, 1903, out of 91 applications received from all parts of the world. He was educated at E/ugby and London University. For 3i jears he was engaged at the Hull docks and railways, and spent 18 months with the North-Eastern Railway Company on railway and dock work.

For five years, Mr. Hamer was residentengineer at the Tilbury Deep Water Docks, and was also engaged in several salvage works, and had charge of the hydraulic and other machinery and two of the largest and deepest dry dincks in the world. At the time of his appointment to Auckland, he was resident engineer to the Albert Docks, then the two largest separate docks in the world. Thus when Mr. Hamer came i:o Auckland he had had a wide experience, though he was only 33 years of age at the time. His first scheme for improvements for the Waitemata Harbour was adopted by the board in August, 1904. Mr. Hamer's present salary is £1650.