TTMARU HARBOUR.

Timaru Herald, Volume XIIC, Issue 13490, 11 January 1908, Page 4

TTMARU HARBOUR.

Mr Mftiley was |t.-r!i:i|is a liltiv too vpigrammri.tic 1 it lie <jui+e f:iir when he> told the Harbour Boaid yi'strrda\ that, they liiifl paid £IOO in order (n get, the new wharf they propose building, shifted a distanfft of 100 fi'pt. Yel, tha.~ is the practical out nam? of I he UnardY. decision ■t-o employ Mr Maxwell at, ;l fee of £IOO to givti ttiernr a report upon the. harbour. They had previously determined upon the construction of a. new wharf, and now, ii:i;U»ad of running it- aloiig (lie no'ith mole, as Mr Baynir; advised, it is ro ba set- out. in tho open. We imagine that in deciding upon tin- change. nio.-i- of tlw membeis gaw inoiv he.-d t;» t It,- argument about I In. 1 evira. teiiliage tlmi would thus

he ma.te availab!-. than to schema for thf removal of th-' north an>!.- rrt ot.ter to »n!an;*' th-' h üboin' and "» ti lh-«- «I:e wave tnoUiUi *. hi. !> »-. c.t:-it»ia'.ly trouhfc.'l'tu.- "• a' ;! ' e whan.-. W".- > ».ntV-i« ;•« I." -•*•!*• to foriK ;m opitii..ii. Mi- M,i\.vrlli. -s tion sc-'nis th-- lll'lot. i■ n.ibl■ ■ that h.ib.;en nunie with flv-* ol.j-'i t *>t i th-.- are:i of catrn wat-r. hut I' app".a« hanl'y w..r h mn''h r.-asid ra, ton ar pt. - tvnt. for evtii if th- :.ntnv.il h'...:ii t r. ~r> ultiniat;- lifK.sslty. it wt:l be ye.u - Orfore it, rt-tjuit'es be in .-.LI that in neetlt'il at i v tlie [.'.ovi-iou „f a little more whatfage acet:mßi»'!la:!'"« t.> meet the *-xivptiwuil pr.»w of shippiug which r.n - liealt with, ami to permit- nf the "f rxi-ting wharves for trpairs wli a n-« --aiy. witiiou" can.-iinp seri.»a>r to the work oE th-- port. On.e tliiit extr-v wharfage is prnviiisii. the re is. >» tar .-»• ve can set* iv. r.:> w«.ik "f - ,t! > likely to h.- r -tjuiivd f'-r ro:ae time to come. TF*e nslou c-f th.eastern mok-. a» Mr M:i.vw< U ; . i"- r -''" argent. Kvevvon.' lenows how admirably i:- has ansivvred. and «-v.-ryone mu;t Ikalivt- to the Rt-ed for keeping it in tE'c-t'rv: repair. And in regard to drttiginsr. now th:w the hiiL-k-t fir- .tire is h-- r- *, the only thing to ilo is to keep h. r at vroitnieepening harbour. \V<- t- I. thevef:»ve. that however valnable Mr 3l:isw. ii s import becr.mes in time. it was litile yupsrfiunas in tb> immediate precent. That, of course, i". n>;t Mr Maxwi ti s fault. We hop-, howt-vrr. th.»t t'.unerves of >ome members of the Hoard will not neetl another tnnic for a tittle whi!<-.