HARBOUR WORKS AT BLUFF

Southland Times, Issue 23827, 26 May 1939, Page 2

HARBOUR WORKS AT BLUFF

BOARD CARRIES OUT INSPECTION ME McGREGOE APPOINTED CHAIRMAN Before beginning the annual meeting at Bluff yesterday, members of the Bluff Harbour Board made a tour of inspection of the various works. A visit was paid to Stirling Point, where the board' inspected the two new leading beacons on the Davey Bank. One, the near dolphin, has been completed and the rear beacon is still under construction. The party then visited the Bluff Hill, where the new reservoir is under construction. An inspection was also made of the board’s undertakings on the wharf. Members expressed satisfaction generally with the progress being made. The annual meeting was held during the afternoon. There were present: Mr W. A. Ott (chairman), Mr John Cameron, Sir Robert Anderson, the Hon. T. F. Doyle, M.L.C., and Messrs C. B. Tapley, W. J. A. McGregor, G. Wraytt, W. M. Norman, C. S. Longuet and D. H. Cockburn. The chairman’s report stated that a request was made during the year for the installation of a fog signal to assist the smaller vessels in locating the entrance to the harbour during thick' weather. The board was at present looking into the question of cost. The work on the two additional navigational aids for number three reach approach channel had been 'continued when opportunity offered. The near beacon had been completed and the light installed, while the rear one was partially built The principal owners of property on the Bluff Hill—the Bluff Borough Council, Domain Board, Bluff Harbour Board and the Ocean Beach Freezing Company—had gone into the question of the conservation of the bush on the land on and near Bluff Hill, and as there was a very definite danger from fire, particularly during the summer months, it was decided to make an application to the Conservator of Forests, for the formation of a fire district. This was being done at the present time and it was hoped to have honorary rangers appointed to see that the regulations were carried out. It was decided that the chairman’s honorarium be £l5O, as formerly. Mr McGregor was appointed chairman for the ensuing year. Tributes to the excellent service Mr Ott had given during the past six years as chairman were paid by the board. After the meeting the officers, fiddressing the board, expressed appreciation of Mr Ott’s treatment of the. staffs and praised his qualities as a chairman. The speakers were the secretary (Mr R. N. Porter), the harbourmaster (Captain N. B. W. Haszard) and the engineer (Mr D. E. S. Mason). Mr Ott replied. PERSONAL Reference to the loss of Mr W. Kay, a member of the board’s staff, in the death of his child was made by the chairman of the Bluff Harbour Board (Mr W. A. Ott) at the annual meeting at Bluff yesterday. Members stood in silence as a mark of respect and a motion of sympathy was carried. GOLF TOMORROW’S MATCHES , Following is the draw for the Bluff Golf Club’s four-ball match, to be played on the links tomorrow, beginning at 1.30 p.m.:— \ R. Pearce and H. Newman; W. Fisher and J. H. Doyle; C. Parson and G. E.' Hicks; J. Mitchell and N. Stewart; W. Doyle and W. F. Cameron; D. Bruce and J. Doyle; W. Calder and L. Edwards; A. McKillop and A. R. Ross; J. Linquist and A. Wilson; D. E. S. Mason and H. A. Ferguson. Following is the draw for a women’s medal match to take place tomorrow: Miss G. Wishart v. Mrs R. Georgeson; Mrs Whaitiri v. Mrs C. Barry; Miss H. Casey v. Mrs D. Bruce; Mrs Wilson v. Mrs H. Newman; Mrs A. C. McKillop v. Mrs J. Bragg; Miss Sinclair v. Miss J. Edwards; Miss M. Urwin v. Miss M. Newman; Miss N. Macdonald v. Miss D. Urwin.