KAWHIA WHARF IMPROVEMENTS.

Kawhia Settler and Raglan Advertiser, Volume IV, Issue 409, 9 April 1909, Page 2

KAWHIA WHARF IMPROVEMENTS.

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(TO THE EDITOR ) Sts,—Tbe recant decision of the Kawhia Harbour Board to erect on the wharf er its premises some half-dozen sheds for ease to private part es, and for tbe convenience of storekeepers and launch ownece to store goods, cal’s for comment and criticism bcf j.e actual stepe have baen taken and obligations entered upon from which t’re Board cinnot retre.t. It will tje granted that the primary duty of the Bo rd m connection with tbe wharf is to protide facilities for the handling of our L ,orts and exports with despatch; ta npi ly appliances f r the I jading sadjankading * - vessels; for con- ▼ m ent staging for waggons "-nd carts in order to clear incoming ard ..-rotaf and to provide suitable storage a'-oammodauon for goods in t'ansit L-r brief periods. The pr jv siun on the wh .rf c-f stores where goods of an infiaxm-.bli nature—as b-nz’ue and kerjsent—may be stored indefinitely undfr private control is f-aught with the gravsst risks. N Ab;a< can prevent the occai onal leakage of either banzineor kerosene Horn .>_ckag<s so stored, • r 'he use of naked lights m or abo t tbs s'aeds. There is no no“ke n’be ih f • f sucking is prohibited in or ab ni tn ah-r: - an i if there were there is no Gf&aar to see that the prohibition is, a. all iimea, oba served. Also there are no appli Kuce« prv .-led on the wharf to extingnish inop!- ♦ fi -es. Unl-ss the € a tire control an 1 eaatody •f the wharf and the she!- er.-cte* -.-ereon a e perseve ingly fc-ptby ih Board and the O 3e rs appointed by it, no bye- a ■ s. h wever string nt, will prev -n’- their breach er infaugment, and ciarequencw. I -er co 1 Scultf ia g-anting every nx-ww fv • • y for the storage < f marke I good* in “rs • .lit to different parts of the harbua. - » ninimuui c st- and with ut a lowing the .jontrol of the gjous to leave ihe care of tbs wharfinger while they remain there ; .j *b‘ingura’e a dennit-e plan of how best t • treat ,he trade of the harbour to prevent c- r.gesISion, confusion e..d delay. Bar to allow ■i,he wharf and its vicinity to become the ilumping ground for inuiscrimina.r? assortments of goods for :ocalc in sumption or for urther transit will be prejedic : al to thstoset, interests of the place, its devd'o/msnt and i.dvancament. Che risks arising from the J ease of she is to private control whatsoever, iar outweigh any temporary gains, for ths Ipsa of the wharf and its accommodation i.rould be a most serious one to tbe entire district. It should be the duty of ths Hoard to run no unnecessary risks, but to endeavour to preserve this structure—the rioet important for the transaction of o&i business in the district—with every cars, aind in providing suitable sections for lease c,a the proposed reclamation of the foreshore in the vicinity of the wharf iaduoe private enterprise to supply tne demand fur nacesexry storage acommodatuxi—Yours, ew.» K, W. BUCKKBIIXJK.