AUCKLAND HARBOUR BOARD.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 744, 17 February 1910, Page 4

AUCKLAND HARBOUR BOARD.

"POTrora ns house rar oedeb.- 4, (By Telegraph.-8Beoii!l dorrespondenU

'■■~•'.■ . Auckland; February 16. ' In view of recent-happenings, the Auckv land Earbonr Board has bean eeked with the determination, "to 'put,its. hoose- in '■} order." At: yesterday's meetiiig'of the', board• it was decided to hold a' ■' speaul':? ■' meeting of 'the whole boaid.'in. commit- ■! tee ■on evening next to make. a searching investigation, into , the recent 'an-: ■■! cident to the reclamation v :wall, and also to considerrreports from the harbommastar /touching the strand- : . ing of the Kaipara in Eahgitoto Chamid. ' The ardour of the board did not stop there.". A decision was also arrived at to set,up a committee of inmiiry as to the "-.' administration of the board's affairs. This latter, question'was: covered in the follow- •;• \ing .resolntion,' which was moved by Mr. ■.'■ 1. K.' Bradney,: ■ and carried::■■■;.• tThaf a ' committee, be appointed,.' consisting of ths'-v Chairman and messK.'Napier; ■:•. Gunsbn,!,Kncon, MiCeiizie, and' the mover; to in- •/ quire into the. administratinn of the>eOT- ■ [ :eral departments of the.board,/more'.par-// ticularly' the. engineers /and . de-.V partmenfa, and. to report to tiie , .board,:: within one. month from date.". The mover -.v remarked that on his motiom a commit- : tee' was set up: three: years, aeb:' for same purpose, and he-expressed the opii-:. ion that had the committee's recqmnienda-k/ tions been/adopted: the. board might not.: have had:to faoe the trouble they had' to '/■ 'face' atVpreseiit.' : /rt r;, ■'■■•'. •■■:-■■• ; "">:'' ; ':-:y^ .-■ ■~:'-;Mr;'.'H!."P.-/Heather :said r last>i ':commfttee:had made'.a 'very. : .exhaustive.. , ' inquiry .up to a' certain pquit,; but was.,: , then-. disbanded'; and;' informed/ that': the / By-laws ,Committee 'was going : into.. thei. ■ matter, and there. ; was,:np; necessity' ..for '.-.' the special committee, to .carry on its vestigations. If. another: committee was ■ set up.now go.right'; on with', its inquiry.,':/' «-. 'V.'..: ■:/'. •-.-.■ ;■ '•■■ ■ ].-.. Mr..-. W.'J. :Napieiv : put :.fprward" the ; view that the.-board ought-to hold a. gen-. ■ eral. inqxiiry- once in everyitwo-years," bo.V !.that.-there might/.be\established.*-'closer.' , -■': i supervision by. each:new board.' :If.,thisy. j'was not done,: he'-fo'und-. that all the-of- ' ficials were apt to falliinto a groove.and: ; v i'bec'ome soporific. He, did not .exempt-any '>'■' official;in .that/connection.; ! ■.!.;./'..' : /■'