FERRIES & EASTBOURNE.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1815, 30 July 1913, Page 4

FERRIES & EASTBOURNE.

TJIEI POLL TO-DAY. A poll is to bo taken (o-day by tlio East* boiirno Borough Council on a proposal to raiso 11 loan of .£15,009. This amount is required for tho purchase of tlio ferry sfauncrs Duchess and Collar, with a. view to tlio establishment of a municipal tarvice, between tlio city and the western side of tlio harbour. A special rato of 2Jd, in the pound is to Ix 3 struck to provide for tlio' payment of principal and interest. Tlio polling booths «t 145 l'VvitJicrston Street, city, and tho Eastbourne Hall, Orun Street, Eastbouoe, will bo open from !) a.in. to 1 p.m. In connection with Hid poll, the Eastbourne Harbour Association litis issued a circular, statins ihc reasons tor its sap. port of tho loar. proposal. It is mentioned that tlio rateable value of property in JiastlwuriiG is .£IOO,OOO, and that: tho proposed loan of .£15,000 is reproductive, As a contrast toi this, it is Mated that tlio Borough of Ohakuno, with a rateablo valuo of .£311,000, recently raised a loan of .£.11,771, of which only <£7820 was reproductive. The provisions of the Municipal Corporations Act "hang over tlio liead" of tlio present Terry Company, and at anv time .(.hoy. .may. l;o licensed, and their 'time-tablo and fares reguilated. "This,"'savs tlio circular, "is why thev wish ft> rail, and for no other reason. ' It is further stated that if the proposal is not carried,'-further increases in toss alio freights are almost a certainty.