THE NEW PLYMOUTH HARBOUR.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXIII, Issue 194, 29 August 1901, Page 2

THE NEW PLYMOUTH HARBOUR.

While on the question of hnrbonr matters we notice our evening contemporary has a vf-ry ill-adviVd ar iele in his last awning's issue, advocating the raising of a loan for harbcur improvements at New Plymouth. Ooe of the greatest difficulties those who met the dairy farmers at different centres when advocating ths purchase of tho Freezing Works by the associated dai y ompanies had to contend with was the argument that thi purchase , of these works would he used as a means of jcompelling country settlors to go in for a loan for the prosecution of »orks for jtbe extension of the harbour and pro. 'v3e "greater ebippißg facilities at

[oturoa. In miking use of the purlase of these works by the diiry far- ™ lers as a reason for raising a loan for arbour extension our contemporary is lowing that thoso who raised thisi n bjottion knew nsore than they were Itl ben credit for. Wo hope thosj dairy t: ompacies which have, not yetP' dined the new eornp'iny will ijcd| ' >e deterred, from doing so by tr.o logic 1,1 aised by our contemporary. There !s|k lot the sUf;h>-*t need for any loin. to( ,: iniiblo n' l the butter that ss likely to*. ome to hsnd f r eevo'al ymrsi;o bo d«nlt wi hj, and direct ,i :'eame;s will not come hern whi'e' ' ;he rmtpu 1 ; is r.o stna'l. If the incom if th ', B -prd was spent in .voiks instead of Miuandrred away on , .iselesj nxp'i-iments, thore wouli vSO'.'-n ' rto ample accommcdatic n for vessels ot ihe largest size to visit New P.ymouth. Until the Board shows ability to spend its income economically and efficiently, it is quite useless to expect the ratepayers to entrust it with the expenditure cf an additional loan, Tha' is burden enough for the ratopiyei'f to bear. It is all very well to talk about there being no risk of a rate being levied, "ouce bit twice shy." The ratepayers were told that before, ;md know the dirtful consequences. Writing with some knowledge of the feelings of the country settlors of Tararaki, we nay without hesitation tha* they are not prepared to entertain loat proposal for harbjur improvements, so the idoa may "ell be abandoned.