AUCKLAND HARBOUR BOARD.
[ill TKI J-.lUi AI'IIASSOCIATION".] Auckland, This Day. In consequence of the disqualification section of the new Harbours Act, Mf°'H. D. Heather, one of the representatives of shipping and payers of dues, arid Mr J. B. MacFarlan.l, the representative of the Chamber of Commerce on the Auckland Harbour Board, tendered their resignations yesterday, both being directors of lirms doing business with the Board. The Mayor (Mr 1,. J. IJagnell) Stated last evening that he had been placed in u disagreeable position by the new Act. iieing a director of the New Zealand Insurance Company, with which the City Council had only a few months ago arrange! a ecutract, it \va:; necessary either for him to resign from the Alayoi u!!y or tor the contract t<- he cancelled. The loss of an important co-.tract v. ;• ivrie. l !, mat■ c io the company, but lU' Lad !■: n that il v/ouid »."»vlier it. than that he should he compelled to give up his oilice. He [an [.'used, therefore, to ask the Council to allow the contract to be cancelled.
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King Country Chronicle, Volume V, Issue 329, 18 January 1911, Page 5
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178AUCKLAND HARBOUR BOARD. King Country Chronicle, Volume V, Issue 329, 18 January 1911, Page 5
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