GREY AND WESTPORT

Hokitika Guardian, 16 June 1922, Page 4

GREY AND WESTPORT

IU ViAL YIKVYS

TJUEYMOL'TII. June 13

' Greymouth Harbour Hoard to-iught passed a i(/solution that owing to the dissatisfaction felt and expressed H.v local coal exporters at the unlaii advantage enjoyed by coal exporters at Westport, »s against those at Greymouth, in the matter of wharfage ehaiges oil cal. that tin- Government lie urged to remove such disadvantage hoie, by imposing charges at Westpoit similar to those at Greyiuouth. so that both ports shall he on the same, fout-

AUinbcrs commented that Greymouth Hoard had imposed ehaiges sufficient for all its requirements, whereas Westport harbor was being carried oil with moiiev from the ('"nsolidnted Kuml.

(Westpoit News. I

The Pi ess Association message sent out from Greymouth contains a libel on Westport in that it asserts this port is assisted out of the Consolidated Fends. Keen in the worst stages of the War, when there was very little shipping, Westport, nr re than held its own, had the Guvei niilent net annexed some C7H.000 of its funds, under the much debited Finance legislation. Since the war. West pin t has lietn steadily moving ahead and to-day is exporting more coal than ever it did. while Hie Government is doing nothing in tile day of development, work, so it is arrant nonsense to state that Westport is being assisted by the Government (*' nsolidated Fund. The Government which is controlling the finances of the port, should ho called upon to send a hroadeist refutation of this reflection on Westpoit and its rich mineral resources.