PERMIT REFUSED

New Zealand Herald, Volume 82, Issue 25299, 5 September 1945, Page 8

PERMIT REFUSED

SHELTER ON WHARF HARBOUR BOAfJD CO MM EN J "If it is impossible to obtain a building permit to erect a shelter on the Bavswater wharf the board should make a definite statement to the people on the North Shore explaining that it would like to help but is being held up by a Government department," said Mr J. Melling at a meeting of the Auckland Harbour Board yesterday. The engineer-superintendent) Mr I). Holdeniess» had reported that the building controller would not issue a permit for the proposed shelter and outlined the correspondence on the subject. "We had all the steel work ready and applied to the building controller for permission to put up a roof and sides requiring 6500 ft of timber," said Mr Holaerness. The building controller had replied that he was unable to approve the permit owing to the shortage of materials for houses afid other new work and had advised the board to apply again early next year. Jn reply to a further letter suggesting that a permit be granted for 1500 ft of timber for a roof, only and suggesting that the covering of the sides could be left to a later date, the controller again advised that the position regarding building materials was such that permission could not he granted. He added that the wharf had been without a shelter for years. "That most amazing statement," said Mr Melling. The very point was that a sjood many people had been enduring it for years and it was time shelters were erected. It had been a bad winter and the people were becoming very restive on all the North Shore wharves and it had been hoped to get some relief for them. There was all sorts of talk about comfort and efficiency in industry, but what efficiency could there be when people arrived wet through at work. The board should approach the Minister about it. "We are held up by the controller and you can see how definite he is," said the chairman, Mr J. H. Frater. "We are keeping the matter before him and we cannot just say we are going ahead with the work. It is a question of relative urgency of the cases—covering for a jetty or houses for the people. It would be better not to go to the Minister and the best thing is to keep in touch with the controller." Mr 1:1. Turner: It is likely to be some years before the housing shortage is alleviated. '

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