FEILDING AND LOCAL HARBOUR BOARD.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXV, Issue 1114, 26 June 1913, Page 2

FEILDING AND LOCAL HARBOUR BOARD.

Mr Clapham, Feilding’s representative on the Foxtdn Harbour Board, at Tuesday’s meeting, referring to the Feilding Borough Council’s refusal to be represented on the deputation to wait on the Minister in respect to the purchase of the wharf, said he could not understand such action. If it was necessary to strike a rate the burden would not be a heavy one for that town, but the Council evidently thought that if the borough was included in the rating area there would be no limit to rating. Mr Nash interjected that there was a limit. . Mr Clapham continued that Feilding considered that it was the thin end of the wedge. Mr Nash stated that the striking evidence that the chairman had brought forward at the last meeting ot delegates should have been enough to convince Feilding that the benefits it would derive from the purchase ot the wharf by the Board were many. He considered Feilding’s attitude unjustifiable. The chairman stated that Feildiug already got a lot of their goods through the Foxton port. Mr Clapham stated that loads upon loads of goods came up the Sandon tram line from Foxtoh. He bad been there and seen that for himself.

Mr Nash: And it must pay them ot they wouldn’t do it. Mr Clapham thought that perhaps Feilding’s opposition might injure the movement and consequently moved that the Borough ot Feilding be cut out. Mr P. Hennessy seconded the motion. Mr Nash said he hoped the meeting was doing the right thing. If Feilding was cut out then there was bound to be opposition from other parts of the district.

The motion on being put was lost, the mover alone voting in favour. Feildiug, thus being retained in the rating area.