MOTUEKA.

Colonist, Volume LIV, Issue 13381, 2 April 1912, Page 3

MOTUEKA.

(From Our Own Correspondent.)

Tho monthly meeting of tho Harbour Board was hold on Wednesday. ' , The bank balances were shown "to as , follows:— ; £ s. d. £' s. d. Cr. Fixed denosit 3470 9 5 1 „ Loan Ac. 4224 18 0 [ .Less naynionts 749 16 7 3470 1 0 . ~ Current Ac. .305 S 8 Total to credit . 7310 19 6 ; Tlie Wharfinger in his report gave ■ the wharfage for the month as il2l • 15s. 6d. This was ;i slight decrease on ■ tho corresponding month of last season, ! but is accounted for by the lateness of theihop crop 20 bales|only being shipped, j as against 200 in ,March, lyi'l. The fruit shipments'for the month amounted to 22,094 cases, and is a record for the port. Poor tidos had again been experienced during the month, and., the ■Manaroa had been delayed for three tides on one of her visits. The Clerk of Works reported that tho contractor had nearly alltho plant on tho ground ready for starting the dredge. Tho" tug' Goldfinch is expected this week, when work will be at once proceeded with. The new road across the mudflat is being pushed on with, and the mate-rial used is setting well. The Secretary was instructed td 'demand wharfage from Messrs. Chamberlain and Stannard for goods landed on the shore of the Moute.ro lagoon. Resolved that it bo publicly notified that in. future 44 half-dump cases or 23 dump cases be considered one ton for wharfage payments. It was decided that £350 lie placed i on fixed deposit at the bank. , The matter of obtaining information re the new road to the wharf was left in the hands of the Chairman and Mr. Everett. The Works Committee reported on 1 the advisability of deepening the cliani no I to the present wharf, and the mat-It-er will probably be left to tho Wharfinger. It was decided that the matter of filling in the breastwork at the now wharf to the full width bo referred to the Works Committee to report. Resolved that the Secretary ascertain the cost per yard for removing mud from the old wharf. The exports for the year ending ?i->aroh 31st were as follows:—Wool, 803 bales; hops, 514 bales; flax, 187 bales; tow, 45 bales; skins, 129 bundles; hides, 252; sheep, 1159; pigs, 84; poultry, 324 coops; fruit, 133,042 ease-s; eggs, 8262 cases; butter, 1723 boxes ; potatoes, 2369 sacks; chaff, 2009 packs ; melons, 530 sacks ; swedes, 231 j sacks; barley, 6-!5 sacks; flour, 1570 j sacks ; bran, 248 sacks; peas, 59 sacks; wr':rai<-/. !) sacks. Fruit shows an incr.'•;'.?■'.■> of over 7000 ea.fie.3, and wool also sii-vv;: .-. Sil;;hb ;.;■ excise. Egfjs, poul- ! try, c::id butter iC.:a>.Y :: fr.lliug oft' in qu;:niii".y. Wr.'.iuits le.f.t f.eason repre-se;r!:-^>'l 83 :.::'''\"., l;uv tho bli^'r.t. hix?> nearly .•;.'. :>ppe;l t'.io tr'"-cs from bem'ing. There'is :i probability of the marble on the Tak.akn hilly being clove I^'ied for building purposes, and there is- v.]?.:> :\ probability of cement works being started in Sandy Bay. Representatives have I)een here from a strong I'aunerston North syndicate, and a quantity of stone has been sent to Wellington to bo thoroughly tested. Football is likely to boom hero this r.eason. A sub-union has been formed, I and there will- be at least five clubs i competing, and probably one or two I more will be;formed, in a few weeks. I The iirst .meeting of the sub-Hurion j 'v-is held on Wednesday evening, Mr. jJ. G. MeCalluin in the chair. Officers ! were elected as follows : —President, Mr. Houldsworth: Vice-Presidents, Messrs. J. S. AVratt, T. Pattie, Harry Manoy; Secretary,-Mr. J. G. McCal- ! lum ; Treasurer, Mr. E. Wratt; AudiI ttus, Messrs Jeffreys and Chittenden. j Each senior team will be represented Ibv two "and each Junior tea,;1 by one delegate. Resolved tliat the season be ononed ion April 20th: j Messrs. Fry, Jeffreys, and Wratt I were appointed to draft rules for the :: üb-union. The 'innnal subscription was fixed at 15s. and 7s. Gd. for senior and junior t/o'in:s respectively. Hop-picking is nearly finished in the borough, but some of the larger gardens in Riwak.l- will not be finished until after Easter. Very few of the garden b are coming op to expectations in quantity, the cold, wet summer and want of sunshine having had a bad effect, on the crop. There has been practically no nun during the picking, and .sample1: will be bright and in fair condition.