WELLINGTON HARBOUR BOARD.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 829, 30 May 1910, Page 4

WELLINGTON HARBOUR BOARD.

Sir,—As a ratepayer I read with surprise the contents of a lengthy report of the proceedings oi the board in your paper, headed "A Mystery." The' members of the. board will fail in their duty as our trustees if they allow a matter apparently of so serious a nature to be hushed up. It is time there was more light thrown on this sort of thins. If they fail in this, their boiinden duty to the public, then there is nothing left but for them to resign, so that the . public may place representatives on the board who will administer the trust reposed in them fearlessly and conscientiously. Now, sir, if 1 read that report correctly, thero has been more than "a storm in a teacup," as suggested, but' a serious wrong committed. The public have a right to a full, exhaustive, and impartial inquiry into the whole affair-. Several members are to be commended for tho attitude they adopt from time to time in watching the interests of the public.

If the board required .£200,000, why was there any need to try and obtain half a million? And nmv we see how additional revenue is obtained by increasing the charges. What splendid financing! Then, sir, some sis or eight months ago a big sum was lent to a certain bank. for a term, at a very lonrate, just when interest was very high, and liad it been lent ontfide a banking instiution. would have earned double the interest. This one act was a loss to the public o£ Jj'JOO or more. This is finance! Trusting you will, sir, advocato tho strictest inquiry into ' this very serious state of things—l am, etc., BATEPAYER.