THE DOCK QUESTION.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1994, 27 February 1914, Page 7

THE DOCK QUESTION.

■ sewed again* > OPINIONS OF BUSINESS MEN. Wellington's-, dqgk, or. Want -of dnelf, name- ii;{) for niojitroii -it the -mw.tmg'of tJw 'WcUingteu Central CliawW uf (jomjiKtfce yesterday. . Jlr. A. JiWit pf.esld.ed, iii tho atosblrco- iff phaJiaii. C. M. iju-lvfr. Cillers-pwjscivt were; Atesvs. (J.; AVintler, W, Stoith, .}., lifljflie-, J, .p. Atkins, T. -13«s|« iijfti' d> toil-. 'i ; ho distension afo.'sn o'vdr' a, jioeyslw, tioii moved by 3fo Wiijfcr: "That thisjsosmeij approach the Wojjuiigtoii I&r----hauv Hoard with a vie*- tit ob't'airfng alt espr-cswon «f (jp/iMion'-oii-tiio -qliestian of ft di3c.lv for AT-fil'ljiifitoii,?' ' .5.H% Winder said that it was high time that rifeciw -tbd-fe the- -matter n;p, Wellington possessed *iic* of tha finest fiiU-boivrs in the world, and- the vast inhwH-t- of sMfijiljig -.piiemed to him' to toko a dock imperative., This iiced for ft doric w'mvld in-q-reaso #:h«i tlte Panama Canal was -opened, to tlte trade- of tho ■wima, The speaker also reminded i-lio -Creeling that much nianev hat! goimoitt of W.cUilUgtOH- on account o;'F ilm fact that-,tt- was a cteckloss -port, in hi.s jHJiiuo.ii the. ■ooltst-riietroi.V of Ihe- -dbeli at 'Ifl Anj should never have heeii stepped, -Rita' t«o*is'aW(is of -jWiiifttfs had ' bneii l.nn into it. ' is tilings-'.wore now all hi" ipiaii'iilis work .was dispatched south. Hi! suggested that the chambers s'lrtmht ftjyir&aeJj the flaflxnif Board wßii' a. mm to hn'-vjuß : a'dqek ■ site- wti'veved and reported on-j.

fho Opiiosltlon toi a Doek. Mr. Beid see.b:itded. tijo jnijtjon, aiid regrfittcd .the abandoiVincrtt of the or\pm\ dock sahenrp, ..Me' -had heen- in■tehiod tlmt tlw tiock cduld .ensrlj- haw been .bliilfc, Wpllfiigt«n'.s wntfeil tosiHon and tha many calls .made upon the pjtft luadoa'dbel; lioife ®ilnwftiv d(iWkbto. Ho instanced the ei\so of ibo, i-wliaibafali.' I'li&re 'K.as tcaiit'inUccl i-l-ia .■epc-akeri -a jiart-icutarly stttne opposrt.ian to-:a. dock iii aiid ho expressed ft Jiop© thJitj in time'to edmo, Hie Chamber wfiuld lie Able- 't6 : deal withthat opposition.- -.. J-

= AI tornatlyes' to a Bbbft. . Mi. Siiii'tli. said that it was questionftbte"now that the tawit tampniiy tad wmtrol of thrt Patent Slip and control of lilie iiiajdi' : p:ortion. of ilfe, jifow Zealand; coastalitralKe, could ilo with a dock. •'".''■

■-. hail made sainoiiiqUiriw oil tiro siihjeet, liut, hrsttii. a.]l,\/lio desired io stale tlnrt bo had heeivpleami when the dock Bclieum tad beoir abanUoiiecl, license tjio eor.tect site for It Trtiiii a. cttimnercM i'jewpoint bad'npt At presew; there was two #o ; piT'dti* iii'NoW Zealand, namely, t'li.o -Calliope Back, in Auckland, and this was siibSkhW by the Admiralty, yM. $ av tf m :j; fc wetiM have- been .«. "whito oiephiiiit..-■' It ttas Understood: that tliat ilocic is >snppo?E(Ltft bo able to Jill Mife .roq.n'iro* incuts • of ; 'the' A.i!.Wii'aJty .far aiiotltor uveiity years, dftfe thoif were flocks, at -ami J. Orfr khatifiers., tiiwt iliflSe,' 'his thought, W<rtiUl ifeiit tlio .:req(«iro,ij.eivt'B of H-i\w Zealand fof.'sontp tijiio to «piiip. Jji ] H ' S ' opinion -lh»\irioiioy a serf hi biiihlinjv a. dock hofo. epujd bo put to. better SdVanv tagp if it wer6iitiiised:'ih.iinpi.''o:vii:t(i iho iricihti.es foi' Jierfhfin'g; Some of ti.\« money coukl also !>o o'x'peiwfcd .hi the directon :oi providing' a 'decenfc :pfcssen. ge,y wharf epmipetfng. .diftctiy. with ty Wi:MiiJ'£* ff^'hoivoyey;,' the' .matter (if mil* Sidere.d, t b, 'Itodtrfi'j; ■doek 'wdvild bo just as serv-reeablo- and JVemld. kg theajiiSi-. Mi\ BrotlJi) -UtiMsed-au' wnomliiieht, Iq ao eifcet Umt.ttio'WalAer l.so'kft in the. hawl'S of tlt.e cbiiiiifittcofer Uio jjjtcpeiitv. to drti* tfy : 'rt fcphii, ■■ Sir. Atkins, m .Seconding, the aiiicn.dmoftt, pxprossed iifc"hl>niff .in tey»m' --W , : a■. Itoajfjipc :doqk- ' .' Tho araeisdiijeiit was cai:rfcd ttitkit/ dissei.ttioi), . ...