THAMES HARBOUR BOARD

Thames Star, Volume LII, Issue 13847, 6 November 1918, Page 1

THAMES HARBOUR BOARD

TUESDAY, NOV. 5

Pn-eeent: Mr W- H-. Pott« (in ttio chair), Messais Gilmom-, Law, .-Warne, Co6pea%- Stanley, Lough'Lin, and Scott. / . ' : ■■■;- ■ -'■ An 'apology was received horn Mr Court. ' ■ ; CORRESPONDENCE. The fullest infprmatiiom re the Wairooi Harbour Board'® improvement sohemc was foi'warded in reply to ai a-equiest frop till© seoi-etaiiy of the Thames Harbour Board. The Thamesi Valley Dairy Company . wnbtiei th-anking 1 the- Board for tlieificonisideiraition' of tihek" sugg'esitioaisi re the erection of a> ooial bin at the Kopu . wfliairf. .. ■ '■■ . ■Mt !T. W. Rhodes. M.P., .wrote that he would ptt'esant the Board's petition io. Parliament.—Recervect. T!he Couikty Clonk made application for a rcductioin to at least, halt -the wharfagie cliaa'ge on , metml lamded at Tua-ua.—'Mr Law mosyed that the request be ga'aaiited under-certain conditions;. jSeoondcd by -Mr j^oditt and carried. The; siecn-etiary of the .Harbours Association of N.Z. wi'ote re thie forthcoming conference.-—^Received. • A long 1 tetter wa® l^ebeived iirom Mr Blair Mason asking for fm-ther information..—ißaoeived. The WolKngton Commercial Tlra.vel-liea-s' Association AYrote, requesting 1 a. donation towards the relief of members Oif the British Mercantile Marine).—lfc..was decided to give £5 towards the fund. Aim offetr wais msedved fronii R. MoGi'eigoa' far the piles of thei old Kirikiri -wthaa-f. It Was dteoided the secQ'etaa"y 'ascertain if they were tlnei Board's property and call for tendfea"S foa* thanu. Tiha Thainesi Harbour ImpaxiiFement Confea i|eince wrote giving the decisions arrived at during f"he momth. It was decidul, on the motion of Mr Law, seconded t>y Mi* Scott, that Mr Blaiiir Mason be asked to pjiovlde a sciheane for harbour improvements at Tdiairi.esl, and that Mr E. F. Adams be instructed to prepare ell the necessary local da.tia. for Mr Blair. Mason. THE BOARD'S CONSTITUTION. 1 The folltowinig notice of motion was gtiven by Mir W. Scott', ''-Tjiat the present constitution of the Board being on an. inequitable basis an alteration, is desirable," also one fram Ma* Law "That the Board, apply ;to tihe Hon. Mini'siter of Marine to have amended tihe first saheduli© of the. ; Harboua* Amendment Act 1910 in re spect to thei comstitution of the < Thames Harboua- JBoard to the otfect that all words following the words County of Thames in the second line b© struck out, and tlie following words ' substituted: 'One by the electors of the County rtf OihikreanfUiri and the Boax)iugjis of Waihi and Paeroa, one by the eleators o^ the County of 1 Piako and tihe Boa'ou<rh of Te Ai-ohs*, and one by . th e payers of harboiur dues.' " '

HARBOUR MASTER'S REPORT

Capt. Ba,yldon i-eported at length ' upon various -repairs effected dua-inig the month. In reference to the ne-! cessiiby for repairs at the steamer's bea-tih, he asked .thd Board to visit the.-wharf and decide what was best* to be done. Tlie steamer 1 wa*s very , severe on the fender piles, and much stronger pitas were required. The silt was also creeping round the end of' the wharf, and it would now b© lab- ' our in vain to adopt a former sug-' igestion of hHs for dealing with it. The revenue for the month was. wharfage £152 0s P- 1 port 1 chairg|e>s £24 17s 5d,, rent £15 lOs, wat'eir £3 6s, tolls £2' 6s, slip oliai^es 13s, ' total £196 13® 2d.-~The report>was adopted, and the Board resolyed to inspect the wharf ac desired. v ■