HARBOUR BOARD.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXIX, Issue 128, 22 July 1911, Page 5

HARBOUR BOARD.

MONTHLY MEETING. The monthly meeting of the Harbour Board wag held yesterday. Pi eseht: Messrs. J. B. Connett (chairman)’, N. King, E. Dockrill, C. E. Bellringer, C. A. Wilkinson, D. J. Hughes, W. Swadling, and E. Maxwell. Lengthening the Wharf. The Board discussed the question of asking the consulting engineer, Mr F.-'W.'Merchant, to visit the port in August. The Chairman said the Board needed Mr. Merchant's advice regarding the extension of the wharf. They knew, it was necessary to lengthen it by 30ft, in order to make fuller use of the berth on the western side of the wharf, next the breakwater. At present there was berthage accommodation there for one coastal vessel, and when this steamer was berthed there was a lot of space over, but not enough for another steamer of the ordinary coastal typo. The extension of the wharf by a further 60ft. instead of 30ft was recommended by Captain Newton, in order to provide a berth there sufficient for two ordinary coastal vessels, or for one large intercolonial vessel. Personally, the Chairman was in favour of this 60ft extension, which would cost £3144, whilst a 30ft extension would cost £1634. It was decided to invito the engineer to attend the August meeting, and that the harbourmaster be asked to submit his report and recommendations on the matter.. Harbours Legislation.

. Mr. Quilliam, the Board’s solicitor, attended the meeting in connection with a report from the committee set lip by the Board in reference to the proposal to amend the Harbours Act of last session. The committee recommended “that the alterations in the law effected by the passing of the Harbours Amendment Act, in so far as such alterations affect the constirepresentation, and election of members of boards, be repealed, and that the provisions of the Harbours Act, 1908, relating to the same, and 1910, be rePenacted” ; or, in the alternative, “that the first schedule to the Harbours Amending Act of 1910 be repealed, and two'new schedules substituted, the first to embrace such of the boards as prefer to remain under the Amending Act of 1910 (with such modifications as to representation, etc., as they may require), the second to embrace the Boards who prefer to remain under the Act of 1908, and that clause 30 of the main Act ne reenacted.”

; Eventually it was decided to submit the alternative recommendation to the Minister, and that a copy of the same be forwarded to the Harbours Association as a remit, with a request that a conference be held as early as possible to consider the question. General. It was decided to erect lights as a warning to pedestrians where the woi k bf wharf extension is proceeding. ' Mr. - H. Brooks was granted permission to erect a hoarding on the Bbard’g section opposite the New Plymouth railway statoin. Messrs. Weston and Weston wrote that Mr, Mansell Jones had instructed them to file a claim in the Arbitration Court against the Harbour Board for compensation under the Workers’ Compensation Act, 1908, in respect of the injuries received by him through his accident at Moturoa in September last.—Referred to the Board’s solicitor.

Messrs Tweedle and Co. were granted permission to remove five tons of ironsand from the foreshore for experimental purposes. The tender of Mr. Kyngdon, at £41 a was accepted for the right to icmovd gravel from the Henui beach for one year.

On the motion of Messrs. Wilkinson and Hughes, the Board decided to pav the Waimate West County Council’s election account rather than create unpleasantness.