HARBOR BOARD.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLVII, Issue 15212, 10 May 1920, Page 5

HARBOR BOARD.

MR F. J. LYSNAR RE-ELECTED CHAIRMAN.

A special' meeting .of the Harbor Board to elect a chairman for the ensuing twelve months was held to-day. There were present :' Messrs G. Smith, G. Wildish, J. W. ;J. Preston, G. G. Holdsworth H. White, G. Witters, J". Monat, T.- Quirk, H. J. Peacocke, R. M. Birrell. .and D S -Jamison In the absence of Mr. F. J. Lyshar, Mr. G. Smith was voted to-- the chair. The chairman, extended a . welcome to Messrs.- Peacocke !t and . Hol.dsworjbh, the, new members, and to -Mr. Quirk, who, h f is been re-elected .to the Board. ,He hoped they ' would all work well to getlier. He expressed regret at the' absence of Mr. G. W. Humphreys from the Board, -and moved a vote of thanks' to him.for'ihis:.ya,lu-ble services -in the past! Messrs. Witters and Birrell spoke along the "same tine's- as M r. Smith. •Messrs. Quirk. Peacocke and Holds worth briefly returned thanks. ... • Mr. - Preston mentioned that Messrs i A. H. Wallis-and R. M. Birrell .had! been re-appbinted as the Government! nominees, and .the. Board expressedj pleasure at their appointment, Mr. Bir- j rell expressed pleasure at his return, and-! said there was much heavy work ' before them,, and they must all .push together. . Mr. Smith proposed that Mr., F. J. | Lysnar be elected as the Board's chair- ] man for the ensuing year. He had been, a tower , of ; strength to the Board, apr had given a tremendous lot of time and gone to a lot, of trouble m eonnectipn with the. proposed .new harboiy A_r. Mouat : Has Mr.Lysnar agreed to accept the -position? ' - (Mr, Preston: -Yefl. Mr. Quirk said that he would second tho motion, as he considered that Mr. Lysnar had the energy and qualified tions to carry out the , work of the Board. . . ... ,iMr. Birrell . supported the motion. , yMv Witters also supported the motion,, .saying Mr. -Jiysnar was 1 well -fitted to qarry out "the heavy work: ahead.'' ...'.'•Mr. . Preston -gave "his hearty support to the motion, and dwelt at length onthe good work Air. Lysnar had accom-. plished, and the .special qualifications he held to. carry on, the work of the Board m the. ensuing \year. The- motion . was carried . unanimously. The' enairman. m^ved that special com nVittees 'beta's .iij*- the past — that is, that they -comprise, the whole Board, five to for-nva quqrfini, .-••■.; Mr. Quirk supported the motion proforma, Ibiut suggested that special comuiittees. be- set up. . / ••-.'. '• Mr. Preston Said .--that r under the circumstances'the best work could be done by haying the whole Board as a comm.i.ttee ; .They had tried special committees without success,.' and the' present way of working^ •'* had been satisfactory.- It enabled members- "tp attend and to become fully acquairitfei. with the interior working of the Boai'd. .Mr. MouafL favored the formation of special committees, which was the policy • adopted, by all public bodies throughout New Zealand, ..:. • . ,/..';

Mr. .'.White was iii favor of letting things remain as they had been. ; Mr. Wildish said that there was much to- be said for both .proposals. He wanted,' publicity^ for unless there was publicity the people got uneasy.: The chairman explained that the object of. having the ' whole Board was to enable country mem'bers 'to attend. If they were \special . committees there were times when they could not attend and the committee might not be able te ; meet. The.' work' was done at the committees and_ not /.it the Board meetings. He considered that committees of the whole Board were the most suitable. '.. y 'Messrs Birrell and Witters favored tlie ' chairman's motion.- ; . ■ Mr. Preston said that he did not want any misapprehension m th^ minds of th© public that the special; committee? were used- to bottle, up information that should go to the public- All the'reports of the i. committees 'were, brought down in' • open Board and there fully discussed.--'. • . ---. - -■; , = The motion was carried u'rianimously.