THOSE HARBOUR BEACONS.

Kawhia Settler and Raglan Advertiser, Volume IV, Issue 380, 18 September 1908, Page 2

THOSE HARBOUR BEACONS.

(to the editor ) Sjb.—i<e those lights of “Te Maika’e.” Why does he not come a littß usarsr home and look tor the thr.-e lamps, which, b'm ! now are newer lit, nor yet is the wha-f light visible from anywhere except ths harbour entrance, even when it is lit, and thes only when tbe steamer is expected.—Ysur-*, etc,, 147$ SMVB. £Binoe the above was in tyre? ths ‘ih- e lamps have again been utilised —E f£j (TO THE KDITOR.) Sir, — Perhaps **T» Maika'* like ooms others, "Steps iu where toar trutd" i.a. he has not reckoned np way* sad means. Ist—lu.the th-ee yearp the Las base “constituted the surplus fi knly ■ Ll2O. Sud—Tbe 65«0 acres here onlyWea vested Iu them some six ftoi'h-’, and tfiirefore have produced no revenue. rhe LI2O is now urgently required to get them surveyed in order that they may be let m sooa as possible' 3rd—lf a steamer breaks down she would be, if ot? her <-ourss, nearer to Manukau or New Plymouth than hero, 4tb— ! l'he paitrv Ib m which “Te Maika** t*Uw about ia all balderdash. Hss her*? iranad oil, repairs, wwfcs, glasses, etc. ? »th —The GoveHßment in its reply, when aska I if it would, make a great for a nirhtly rervioe, when all that "Te Maika” says waa placed before them, such as a refuge harbour, Baid Kawhia was too far oat ef the to. be *f any acoaqpi. F<« “To Malta's” ben fit I can m* M that the mieftnum cost of Kghtibg du., (and don't forget the Htoate-ae) worild bo at least LHC per annum. Of course tbe OJ«t of this q-.uotionable benefit oould be easily taken cut of the Steamship companies, woo would luomptly take it ut of tbe ssstiere in freighto, or by directly raising our whartagea, say 60 per cent—even then we shou ; d be very much lower than Eaglan,-Yo«n etc., C. C, P.8,— 1 notice that "Te Maika** hidee b« ignorance under a nom d» pZanw.—C.CJ,