WESTPORT HARBOUR AFFAIRS
FINANCIAL DIFFICULTIES. • By Telegraoh-Prem AinoolMlon. ' o , Westport, November 17. . boinething liko a sardonic sniilo reused over the countenances of members of the Westport Harbour Board to-dny when r. telegram was received from the Treasury stating that-the Govorninent was grant- ™/.. lt . " a !°? n " o f -830.000. to relievo it of its financial difficulties, and asking the board to arrange securities. The finnncial diinculties are brought about by the Government under the Pinnace Act, 1905 whereby it hhs confiscated something in the vicinity of .£OO,OOO of the board's revenue. It has compelled the board to meet,all thenar charges and increased costs in running the railways out of iU ordinary revenue, and taken the .£60.000 at the expense of the upkeep of the liarfcour and compelled the board to curtail all the works. Attempts to get the Government to repeal the objectionable clauses of tho Act failed, and the West, port : Harbour Board is faced-with the most serious financial crisis in the whole of its history.
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Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 46, 18 November 1919, Page 7
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166WESTPORT HARBOUR AFFAIRS Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 46, 18 November 1919, Page 7
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