WAITARA HARBOUR BOARD

Taranaki Daily News, 19 January 1933, Page 11

WAITARA HARBOUR BOARD

LEASING OF SECTIONS. ?■’ - The monthly meeting; of the Waitara Harbour Board was held on Monday night. Present: Messrs. J. Hine (chairman), I. J. Prichard, E. A. Dugdale, ,W- R. Johns, H. Spurdie, J. Vickery and E. C. Jones. ' ; ??.- ■. > ■ ■ \ A letter from Mr. A. J. i Mercer stated. that the sections leased by Jiim/from the .board had been damaged by fire, ; and asked as . they would be useless for. four or five* months his lease should lapse ?? until July. ■■" •' ?■ Mokau Collieries, Ltd.’s, secretary, Captain Hardy, wrote saying that the charifitl-X' of the Waitara Biver was in a bad. state/ and that 'at the last neap tides the . s’.s. Mahurangi could riot work for-six owing to there being insufficient water. He suggested that a new. channel be dug .?' out at low tide as had been -done at Wairoa, Hawke’s Bay, and then'’?/ the river would make- a straighter' and better .channel. The chairman said that the scheme was'l?? impracticable,' and he moved that ‘Cap- .. tain Hardy be advised of the -..board's? ’ decision. ;■ ' . ' - ,' ‘ ?.???? In answer to the board’s request; , the. Railway Department advised that the wharf repairs would be done as soon ;?* as possible. , ' J" i ? The secretary reported that a ''fire-Had',- ? damaged the concrete mixing staging at ' < the beach and that he; waft having if repaired. .* ? ■' .-."?. On behalf of the works committee Mn i;? Hine reported that a section on the east ? beach (about'7o acres) had beeir inspect-■ : ed and had been leased to Mr. T. -Hat- ?? ? tenbury at a yearly rental, of £400; plus ‘ rates. The conditions were that the access to the beach was to remain open. . A motion by Mr. Dugdale to thank??: witnesses in the recent "Supreme Court ~ action was ruled out of order by the ' chairman. ■’■. •' ’ ■ .?'. ' ' Mr. Dugdale gave notice that at the next meeting he would move .that “This ■ board have surveyed- all* those pieces of land oh the south-western side of the river, between the seashore and • Battiscombe Tera’rce and Brown’s Road, and - from the beach township boundary to'.'the south-western' borough' boundary.’’?:OßS PERSONAL AND GENERAL. The following tennis team J will' repra- ?. - sent Waitara against “Sportsdale,” - Strat- . L ford, at Stratfofd in the week-end:— ’ - Men: R. Early, W. Thomas, W. Bil- ' lows, A. Chadwick, F. Brimelow, R.'Bar-?':? day. Emergencies: C. Muschamp and J? Penman. ■ . • ‘ ’ Ladies: Misses L. Gorrie, M,. Knight, I. Foreman, Mrs. R. Jury, Misses M/Gor- .t.' rie and-H. - Johnstone. Emergencies: W.'. Sampsonj V. Madsen. • - The first round of the dub championship singles will -be completed on January 26. . The following cricket team will represent Waitara against New Plymouth at New Plymouth to-day: J. Priar, A. McKenzie, W. Pizzey, A. Chadwick, R.. Tel-" far, H. Beckbessinger, W. O’DdnneJl, H. Soffe, R. Grant, A. Chittenden, IX* > Alexander, J. Sarten. . £ The competition for a trophy donated by A. E. Dolmain to the Waitara Tennis ;? Club was won by T. Smart. . ■'* Mr. S. D. George, president of the Waitara Cycle, Athletic and Axemen’s Club, said that the. sports to have been ? held on the Camp Reserve to-night have been postponed so as hot to clash with \ the swimming carnival at the school > baths. The sports/will be held later. ? ■ ■ At the meating of the Waitara Harbour Board on Tuesday night the chairman,? Mr. J. Hine, referred to the-.dealh-'of.-Mr.?jl|* H. M. Lund, who had been a valuer for the board diiring his residence .at? WaiJ . - lara. A vote of condolence was passed ?? to Mrs. Lund in her bereavement ■'' — ’