USE OF WHARF SHEDS

Sun (Auckland), Volume IV, Issue 1043, 6 August 1930, Page 7

USE OF WHARF SHEDS

SHOW MAY INTERFERE WITH SHIPPING HARBOUR BOARD DISCUSSION A suggestion that the Agricultural and Pastoral Association should take steps to provide its own buildings for exhibitions and shows was made at a meeting of the Auckland Harbour Board yesterday afternoon. The Auckland .Shipping and Stevedores' Association wrote concerning the use of the sheds on the Central Wharf for the recent Winter Exhibition and asking the board, in view of the possibility of shipping being held up during such occasions owing to lack of sheds, to approach the A. and P. Association concerning the provision of its own buildings. The chairman, Mr. M. H. Wynyard, said he thought that the association should make some move in the direction of providing its own sheds, but until such time as it could secure suitable accommodation, the board would continue to allow the use of its sheds provided that no interference with shipping resulted. The revenue of the board for July, at £33,882, shows a decrease of £1.753 on the revenue for July last year, but for the ten months of the present financial year there is an increase of £11,465. which is £14,415 in excess of the estimates. Revenue from the Waitemata Harbour is £15,513 in excess and from the Manukau Harbour £1,098 less than the estimates. Eleven tenders for the erection of the first portion of the new “Port Building” were opened. The estimated cost of the building was £23,000. The tenders ranged from £24,600 and were referred to the board in committee for consideration.