WELLINGTON HARBOUR BOARD.
ANNUAL MEETING
Per Press Association,
WELLINGTON, January 16. At the annual meeting of the Harbour Board, he£d to-day, ■&, voluminous report! was presented on the progress of the port. Incidentally the tecretary suggested that in vjew of the increasing population of the Hu'tt Valley, a wharf sliould be placed in thio vicinity of the mouth of the Hutt River. As regairds a much-needed low level light at Pencarrow Head, the.Marine Departmeat shoudl ba approached. Dealing with the question of harbour foreshores, the engineer says he believes the most satisfactory solution of the beach difficulty woitlM bo for Parliament to tako for a .road, or for-recreation purpo-yes, a width of at Least .a chain from high-water mark round all harbours and estuaries of rivers. Where such reserves do not noiw exist, and ttfiua abolish all rights, which in many cases wena oraV/iially Crown granted, right down to tho ■ water level.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume XLIX, Issue 12403, 17 January 1905, Page 7
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151WELLINGTON HARBOUR BOARD. Wanganui Chronicle, Volume XLIX, Issue 12403, 17 January 1905, Page 7
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