HARBOUR CONDITIONS

Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 640, 17 April 1929, Page 6

HARBOUR CONDITIONS

DRAINAGE REPORT TO BE EXPEDITED A CONFERENCE URGED Minister of Health, the Hon. A. | CaillworUiy,. advised the Auckland Harbour Board yesterday that the conditions at the head of the Manu- i kau Harbcmr, near Westfield, as out-; lined in a previous letter from the board, had been referred to the medi-: cal oflicer of health at Auckland for j report. | The medical oflicer of health had also been asked to expedite the matter of the report being furnished by the engineer to the Drainage Board dealing with the inclusion of the outlying districts in the Auckland and Suburban Drainage Districts, with a view to getting the interested delegates together again, so that this subject in its entirety might be thoroughly thrashed out' and something definite arrived at. The letter was received. The superintendent of mercantile marine, Auckland, wrote asking that the board give an assurance that the site of the Government oyster depot would not be interfered with during the oyster season —May 1 to October 31 jt was decided to reply that the site would not be interfered with as requested. , . A letter from the town clerk at Devonport, stating that the plan of the proposed septic tank outfall at Narrow Neck would be submitted for consideration at an early date, was received. The Northern Steamship Co. was granted a rebate of £ls 10s on 31 tons of fertiliser for which penal storage had been charged. It was explained that the fertiliser had been stored at Onehunga because the shed at the Waikato Heads had been full of cargo at the time. The town clerk of Birkenhead wrote asking that the spaces In the decking of the boat skids near the Birkenhead Wharf be filled up, as they were a sources of danger to children. ' WHAU BRIDGE

It was decided to forward the letter to the owners of the skids, the members of the board stating that if this were done they felt sure some action would be taken. The skids were not the responsibility of the board. Mr. T. Bloodworth gave notice to ask that a return be prepared showing the changes which had been made in by-laws affecting charges during the past four years and the aggregate sum involved in those changes. Mr. David B. Russell wrote expressing his appreciation of the courtesies which he had received from the board, and asked that the board safeguard the Whau River by insisting on a sufficient clearance In the centre span of the proposed new bridge across the Whau River at New Lynn. He suggested that the span be 60 feet wide, instead of 50 feet. The letter was referred to board in committee, the engineer and harbourmaster to report on it.