HARBOUR BOARD

Timaru Herald, Volume CXXV, Issue 18659, 30 August 1930, Page 7

HARBOUR BOARD

MONTHLY MEETING. The monthly meeting of the Timaru Harbour Board was held yesterday. Present:—Messrs G. T. Dawson (chairman), W. H. Orbell, W. T. Ritchie, D. C. Turnbull, F. R. Flatman, J. Scott, J. McCort, A. F. Campbell, J. Kennedy, W. Harman, T. B. Garrick, E. R. Isaac and A. R. Guild. Chairman’s Statement. The chairman, in his statement, said that the credit balance at last meeting was £243/12/5. Receipts since then totalled £7595/8/9, making a total of £7839/1/2. Accounts to be passed that day amounted to £4631/13/9, leaving a credit balance of £3207/7/5. as compared with a credit of £5253/18/2 at the corresponding period of last year. There was an amount of £2OOO on fixed deposit at the bank, making a total of £5207/7/5. The chairman went on to say that he was very pleased to see that the Board's credit was keeping up, in face of the expenditure they were having. The amount expended to date on the Eastern Extension was £17,347/4/9. Mr Hayman: “That is irrespective of the tramline?” The chairman: “Yes.” Mr Hayman: “We have accepted a tender from Mr Waldie for u,OOO tons of stone. It is a question whether we will need this.” The chairman: “We will need it all right.” Mr Flatman: “You are basing your calculations to the bend, are you not?” The chairman: “The engineer is desirous of taking the work out to the staging. When we get the gap filled in, we can then consider whether we will go any further.” Questions were asked by other members, whereon Mr Turnbull suggested that the chairman should be permitted to complete his statement, and questions could be asked later. It was not fair to the chairman, he stated, that he should be interrupted in the course of his statement. Continuing his statement, the chairman said that he thought the Board’s finances were carrying very well. With £SOOO in hand, he did not think they had any need to worry about raising any part of the £25,000 loan. Mr Dawson further stated that he had been asked to attend a conference of dairymen at Temuka to consider the possibility of direct access for dairy produce to boats visiting Timaru. He pointed out that the produce came through the freezing companies, and he doubted if a better service than that in existence at present could be secured. Reference was also made by the chairman to the visit to Timaru of H.M.S. Dunedin. He said that the usual courtesies were exchanged, and the visitors appeared to have enjoyed their stay. Commodore Blake had inspected the port, and had been greatly interested in what had been done, and the progress which had been made since the early days. Radio Interference. The District Radio Inspector, Christchurch, wrote thanking the Board for a report concerning the experiments that had been carried out to eliminate interference by the Board’s rectifier to radio reception. The action of the Board in this respect would be greatly appreciated by listeners.

Strathallan Hall. The secretary of the Timaru Wharf Labourers’ Union (Mr A. E. Saunders) wrote regarding light and water for Strathallan Hall. He stated that last year the outlay on these items was £22/7/7. In all other ports in New Zealand, so far as they were aware, the Unions were not charged for these items. The Union asked the Board to place it on the same footing as other Unions, and make no charge. After brief discussion, it was decided not to entertain the application. Tenders. The following tenders were accepted: Ironmongery, dredge supplies. John Edmond, Ltd., £863/16/10; supply and delivery of coal, Westport Coal Company, £2,472/12/5; oil, etc., Dalgety and Co. £93/10/2. Engineer’s Report. The engineer (Mr F. W. Clarke) reported that the dredge had completed the Bay cut for a length of 1860 feet. The shore end of the cut was in about 4 feet of water at low tides, and it was considered advisable not to go any closer to the beach. Since last report 30,000 tons had been removed from this cut. Operations had now been started in the channel to extend the cutting nearer the North Mole, and 2000 tons had been dredged. Owing to bad weather conditions, the dredging operations were stopped for 5$ days. Work at the quarry was held up for three days, owing to wet weather, and work on the tiphead was stopped for four days, owing to a considerable sea during that time. None of the stonework was disturbed, but a short length of the rails and sleepers at the end of the wall was put out of alignment. The quantity of stone delivered to date is 43,500 tons, being 2500 since last report.