THOSE HARBOUR BEACONS.

Kawhia Settler and Raglan Advertiser, Volume IV, Issue 379, 11 September 1908, Page 2

THOSE HARBOUR BEACONS.

(to the eihtur.) Sih,— WiHtamaecnjßut.not aaum-d with concern I re-.d yu. r tranboript from tbe Opuneko Tiatpft euder the heading of “Kewbia from th? lufide.” I atu more op’iinintic th»»i ‘D<’»n as to tue position uf Kawhia, !>.- throagbly agn-e with Lim in hie strictures of the Ktwhii Li ub jnr B»rd. Month after mnoib air- r due warning tbe Board a*ill postpones tbe nightly ligb'ing of (be beacons. With a .aeon concept ion of their da'iee—trying to d xige a pahry exp-n mo well -tubin I heir means -they *i fe’iy put j n risk human lives m<l Wuvru ~r. oerty. The Gorcrutn int set a ide 50<X) to 600<J acri-H of I «u>l as a Hib>ur Ro serve to hop the B ard meet ita expenditure and om'rle ’hem to efficiently sc •tu the pr-.cr nok<;« . f rhe harbour, and apart from reserves there anip't: fau i-in ’mm-I. e be grft'id harbaur oa a d.rk night L by the action (>r strictly n-»u aciiou) ■ f rhe Board prac ic*l:y »ip-J «»tf inmap ; a disabled vessel or one looking for shelter must eiihec |«edbii a: ee* or run el ewhere. Wb u «he « « Orete sprang a leak and ran to Kawhia for shelter, she arrived here, fortunately during dayiighf, wifh the wi'.er lapping against the firebars. C.e engineer said the fires would have been oat in haif-an hoar aod »he c mid *«*k

have kopt afloat much longer—but itshelter afforded by the barboar ahc would have been lost. As long as there is no accident ail is well, bus should such a thiug happen as a distressed vessel seeking shelter on a night—and anything serious happens when the Board is trying to save -te 6d—the Board will find some diffi calty ia satisfactorily explaining taeir negligence te eurviying relative*.— Yours, ate., JTE MAIKA.