THE HARBOUR.

Press, Volume LXVII, Issue 20178, 5 March 1931, Page 14

THE HARBOUR.

MEETING OP THE BOARD.; The Lyttelton Harbour . Board, ntefc \ yesterday, when there,'•were i Messrs H. T. Armstrong, M.P. (chaif- . man.); E, J. Howard, Mjy, H'. HoUajtt!,l I". Horrefi, J. Leslie. W. T, £e>»J |ter)jfF. E.'Sutton; H. Chrysiall, W. J. Walter,'J. W.-Btowden, W. ;G. Gdl : 1 1 Ipgher, E. T, Xj. 'Paraham, and Captain H. * Mr J; ytT. Bowde'n was appointed 1 £o*! aucceed Mr B. Galbfaitlj as ;a , mem-j ber of the' Standing and'finance'Com-1 mittee. ' ■1 _ The »eport of tire' Standing and Eut* 1 aWe Committee recommended Tthat, in response to an: enquiry from, tlio manager of the' Bank ( of '^ew^SSeaJand,''*s'-] , to' whether t}Te Bo&H dfes;re& iq' eon- j tinue its present ovkrdrjift au,thoril;y ! *up:t"6 £50,000; the authorised limit- be-1 reduced-to £15,1)00. ,1. ~«' | It was recommended that the iig'*'grants should.be-lriade.'tb "yariods 'j associations and clubs:—(a) ,A 5 speftlal'j grant of ' £lO 10s to; the, St. .John ;Am- I bulance towards the proposed otilarge- I meat of its wtfrk ,aitd the .provision of a free ambulance, service/ - in> Ijeu. <Sf J the Board's usual gi'sint; (b) at grant of £lO 10s, -ta /the i'Citiatehnrcli"' Pree Ambulance, Incorporated, towards., its' work ia Canterbury; (ftVa grant of £s' ! 5s 'to the, ChristcliurcK. Sailing and*] Power Boat Club- towatdV ,the - Sanders ■ Cup contest (a) a gcant -iof £5 Sa to -the Stunner'Lifeboat'lnstitution towards working;' expenses;»;(e)\;a .* of second-hand timber to the value - <>f £5 10s to the Sumner-BedelifEs 1 Kiow-* *ng \Glub £or repairs .■to; their.landinjj* stage; (f) a- grant of £5" 5s to the' Christcliurch Metropolitan Executive of ' the Boy Scouts' Association. # The report was adopted. The treasurer (Mr 0. H. ClibbdrnV reported that since the-'previous'meet-in K» up to February 2sfch, the sums paid into the Harbour Fund Account Wer& £9095 15s Bd, as *compared' • with £5326 19s 3d for February, 1930. The total ordinary receipts for "the first two' months of 1931 totalled: £19,403" 18s* 2d ? ---as compared with £20,509 ll« ,'9d; for- the corresponding period .of 1930.1 The Harbour Fund Account was in credit to the extent, of £lOl9 3s' The total for, February of "this year amounted to ; 15,192 tons' com.-": pared with 28,696 tons for February of 1930. The export figures amounted to • j*** tons'and ,20,565, tons respectively - and transhipments to'2o tons-and 16$ tons. The total' tonnage handled was 49,277Jvtons j'espectiyjThe repbjrt 'was adopted."/; < '■ f 1-, *?? tHo (CapOam "IV-'M- Hurtt'w) .stafed I that during the past month 123' trading Vessels "151 ; 939 .'tons': entered Lytteltou, as compared with 145 vessels' with an aggregate tonnage of "171,502 tond m February of last year. The report was-adopted. was granted' the ,"'-iSiieli Company, stall an additional'pipe-line frbin' the' oil-tankers' 'wharf ,tq the. installation for crud£ oils. w : I*jiaeco^^ HolJand/ r M.P,; mVo'd "t¥at tlio "Board's" engineer- be instructed to fittxash_ l a* re-' ■ porti on:, the rquestion 'of - constrain* a boat outside J the inner ' , tar-' boUr, as such work, if profitable. Vould 1 absorb about 30 men. , ' , The -wafc carried*, V '