TIMARU HARBOR BOARD.

Temuka Leader, Issue 5823, 29 May 1909, Page 3

TIMARU HARBOR BOARD.

The monthly meeting o the riinaiu Harbor Board wai held Present: Messrs J. Craigie (oh airman) R Skinner, R. Thaw, G. W. J. Manchester, W. Hayman, L.J>Young F. J. Rolleston, D. C. rumJdi Orbell, CE. Sticking*, and J. Goodwin. , . ~, The chairman stated that the credit balance at last meeting wasi M-i----12/1. The receipts since then had been !£Ulfi 1/7. represented by ships, dues, a toil of Jm 13/3. to be passed for payment totalled £1466 8/9. the payment of jhioh would leave a credit, balance of til.2 4/n. S£ we?e on May 17th, to which date the statement was made, .harf age dues overdue i/W-o J- v/i ,,' . i this amount increased the Boards balance to £2397 15/10. **MWs Fleming and Ferguson, Ltd JPafcS? Scotland, advised tha a cast S 3 bottom tumbler for dredge 300 ~ was Pf the nriee of the tumbler was *.&/• P 2%V. Cowan, Capetown j • +Kp Board a twin-screw steei SI to &0?*to™l at T» S rr „w. offered a twin-screw steel committee considered this letter had n 0 recommendation to ke : The -Wellington branch of the League wrote bringing under noUce the great advantages of the Morse that the Navy league SdTe advised that the Board was in fullest sympathy with the proposals "m/'J. T. Stephen, on behalf of the Timaru wharf lumpers, wrote as, mg tb?Board to provide a shed where the men could store their bicycles «luk.at work.-The Board voted £5 for material for the shed. , - Captain John Wares, of the drouge Tam4a, applied for an mcrcase.p .alary from *3 per week on the ground of the extra responsibility and long hours which his service as assistantpilot and his temporary command at committee recommended that CapUm Ware's salary be increased to lib pei Captain Clarkson's leave of absence, and this was adopted. CLEARANCE OF VESSELS Mr Turnbull asked the secretary whether a letter had not been received from the Collector of Customs and ■Mr Bardsley said a departmcntad M ter had been received Mi lutnbuii asked that the letter be produced, «it the same time remarking that all c--respondence should be placed l>cfo e the Board, whether the sccretaiv con sidered it departmental or »o*--^ c secretary then read the letter from the STector of Customs, which referred (to the system of giving clear*»~ *» BC I B , and his reply thereto. Mi Bard, lev fully explained tine matte,; anu with the exception of Mr Turubul all the members voted in support motion expressing the Board s satisfaction with the explanation. A discussion then followed on the, subject of clearances. Mr Turnbull objcctS to the fact that the ve.se s of the Union Company were allowed to come and go with'out reference to the Bond's office, while other companies had to obtain clearances before they could have their vessels despatched. The secretary explained that 111 ordu to protect the Board, a vessel wa» not SoWl to depart until her dues weie paid or a guarantee v. -ven that tlicj would be paid. In the case ot the Union Company, whose vessels weie coming and going continually tlicic waT an agreement whereby the company undertake to pay all.dues. Such an arrangement was possible 1.1 the case of vessels whose owners weie icSSented hi the town, but be impracticable to extend it to all ana Sry. There would be nothmg to prevjt a foreign boat slipping out ol farbour with her dues unpan , and the Board would then have little hopu ot C tr Ct Tu?n&asked why the .same prii as that afforded tne Umon Company! could not be extended to all colonial companies. . The secretary welcomed this suggts"Sr" Turnbull said they .should all be •on the same, footing; the privilege should be given to all or to none. He proposed that all colonial company should be placed on the same footing in this mltter. The .chairman aml other members said this . shoulc e riven as a notice of motion *h<.-e Son Mr Turnbull objected tha nothiT could be done on the Board jithout notice of motion and orcumlocu-

li No further action was taken in the matter. HVRBOUR MASTERS REjPOlt'l . The Acting Harbour Master, Captate James Tait, reported as follow. .- Arrivals 1 and Departurcs.-lu> to • arrivals during the month ot A were, 26 steamers and three sathi, vessels, of a total tonnage of -ImAJ, anftL d.partu T o of o, garner, three sailing vessels of a total tonnage ° f ßex 3 S,-l--n 20th to 21th in-t., tho berthage accommodation was con aiderably overtaxed. the follow ur Reamers havintr to watt jn Ujo , u - cf „„ ( i •_ Lantrton Grange -5 ua>s, »' u h£a 3 days, Corinna, AVanaka, and £«1 day each. Tho = „„ t'uo 20th, was sent on to Dunulm, there being no berth available. FErWEKS AND HAWSERS. In pursuance of notice of motion Mr Turnbull That for Ur purposo of calculating charges for the use of fenders and hawsers-, the charges shall commence from the time oi U-rth-ing and shall be levied for every 21 hours or part of 21 hours, Sundays and holidays excepted, instead of from midnight to midnight as at present. Tho matter was brielly discussed and Mr Turnbull's motion was then put to the meeting and carried unanimously.

KEMOVAL CifARCES. A considerable timo was spent in consider) iif a question arisini: out of a letter received from Messrs 1). L. Turnbull and Co.. rcardinir their proposal to make room for the Lantiton Graniro bv nrrnn<rin<r for the steamer Elsa to move out in the evening aiul return in tho mornine-, thus allowing the jLaneion Grange to work all niirht. The seeretnrv, in eonformitv with the Board's bv-laus, had informed Messrs Turnbtill and Co. that if this proposal were carried out, the ordinary chnrtres amountine- to about C"Ju would have to be paid for the removal of the Elsa. The negotiations wenthen discontinued. The chairman explained the position at lcntrth. and proposals wenmade that a resolution should be rcassed nuthorisinr the remittance of the removal ohm-ires under such circumstances, but it was pointed out <thnt this could not be done as it would bo in contravention of the bylaws.

After ronsiderable discussion, the matter dropped. GENERAL. Several members urged the necessity of procuring a tug for the harbour, but no action was taken in the matter.

Mr Stickiness said that the dredge '3so' could be worked with much more satisfactory results if a couple o£ hopper barges were- provided for use with the dredge. The engineer's report showed that the total hours worked bv the dredge were 273, of which 102, less than half were occupied in dredging. He thought it mireasonable that so much time should be spent in discharging. The chairman explained that the total hours worked included time spent in repairs, etc. The time occupied in discharging, from departure to return to moorings, was only about an hour. The chairman said he would draw the attention of the engineer to the proposal.