HARBOR BOARD.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLV, Issue 14591, 29 April 1918, Page 2

HARBOR BOARD.

...- .. i ._ „: ..;... .^ .At the meeting of -the Harbor Board) today, t?be Towii. Clerk^Twrbts.. ■drawing atterition to the; untidy appearance of the liver bank neal? , thk Kai^y bxidg^irT^o Chairman \; pointed! . owfc : that v the !-jyw*k . was laid out by^the^ Beautifying Assocdatioa, (which was under the Boronoh' Council^Recelved, 1 . *;'' \?4 7* . The Works dotaiWittee , reported: An offer by Mr p. jr." Barry' for storage, w the bond store of No.' 4 shed was oon« : fiidered, and it Tjds decided to authorise the secretary .to| arrange for Mr Barry to use a small portion of the store, .at Bl per week subjebb toiaiUi-eqairements df the Collector bt, Customs toeing complied with, ana subject to termination by one week's nofciciß, The secretary*eubmitted a repbrt from. . the dangerous goJbds inspecting offlceri>\yjth.. regard to> aninstahce iWhereajtaji-cart driver had without license beeii storing benzine m thfijtown. -Tliß sectary • was to iwrite to the offender,- giving notice that ]e£al action -wound be taken immedi^ ately, if this dangerous practice is agaim discovered.—^Adopted. < t m. . -, 7 Some discussion ehsued' respeoting the charge' to Clare and Clare*.on oil-boring machinery waiting shipment, the Chairman moving • that the full . • charge be ntade, which Mr. Preston seconded.— Mir Lewis oirged that .t^B;BpaM had promisw ■ed to give the. (matter 'consideration on ■account, of :the.,state ,61 the port.— Mr Long moved' that £30 -be charged, under the circuntetaijces.^Xi-, Lewis' seconded. —•Mr Smith Qbnsidertid J-he »oharge of 10s. per day on 20 tons lying outside was an extortions-After,, further uU disouaßi(m tt was decided 1 to|a<M»p^^so : ;:>f lAi|i1 Ai|i| r .« •Mr. Smith etiiphasised' the gwd work that was , ■being r-done t by* the Board's contractor respecting the burial of stock on the ■? ibeach; >and-vit 'waa decided to> adopt the secretary's recoimmehclation. T4ie question of lneurance -was ref eyre.d to ''the harbormaster, for «a report. . The question of outstanding T^tiwhare>parae rents was considered, th© Chairman expJaniutog that^ ,the : larae amount was due to a question having JMen raised regarding access to Mr . ■mm&tfa section.. The matte* had been reifetxed to the Cook County Council.— Th c Qhairanan was direoted to look into the r subject. ■ Referring to the harbormaster^, report Mr Preston remarked that it was 'tt fifeat relief to the= Boai-d tha* the bank at tha entrance had 1 gone, , , v J\sr. ReynrfdV report . on . the v^nes vas adopted, the chairman commtind&Mt !ne conti'actor -upon the manner m -srSioh he was carrying- out thfa J Work. v " V Accounts totalling £8521' 14*; i& Jsre passed. fojvpaynient.. ;, -„sfo^arcL.Xnt into committee and resmne^at' $$0 nj On resuminginto opentßo^tneeE&irman -reported thai the «r«» wh rto. lng ® r had raised froih jo3bC> to _£240 per annum, apart from MBs oteer duties, and salary as insbector of daiJeerw ous goods. - ■■•- .. v