The Manawatu Herald. Tuesday, May 19, 1914. NOTES AND COMMENTS.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXVI, Issue 1247, 19 May 1914, Page 2

The Manawatu Herald. Tuesday, May 19, 1914. NOTES AND COMMENTS.

The necessity for belter control of tbe Foxtou harbour, in the interests of the whole of the extensive district served by it, is being made more evident every day. Only on Thursday last the Waverley, coalladen from Westport, stuck near the mouth of the river, and the Queen of the South, which left the wharf on Sunday afternoon with a cargo of hemp, is still in the river, being stuck near the jetty. It is most iniquitous that a harbour, from the revenue of which a handsome profit is being made every year, should be allowed to get into such a condition as to be a source of danger to shipping, simply because the revenue, instead of being devoted to the improvement of shipping facilities as it should be, is being used to swell the receipts of the working railways. Mr Gardener, one of the members of the Foxton Harbour Board, pointed out at last week’s meeting of the Board that the Government made other harbour boards spend a certain portion of their revenue on the upkeep of the harbour, but in the case under review not a penny was spent on improving the channel. Apparently where Governments are concerned what is “sauce for the goose” is not necessarily “sauce for the gander.” This matter is of great importance to Foxton and a very extensive district, and it is imperative that some arrangement should be arrived at by which a certain revenue will be assured for the upkeep and improvement of the harbour.