FOXTON HARBOUR BOARD.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XLVI, Issue 2761, 22 July 1924, Page 2

FOXTON HARBOUR BOARD.

1 - SPECIAL MEETING. A sepcial meeting of the above was hold in the Board’s office at Foxton on Saturday afternoon. Those present were: ,J. Liuklater E«q., M.P. tin the chair), and Messrs J. A. Nash, M.P.; E. R. B. Hoiben. J. Clirvstnll. W. Signal, W. E. Barber, and Riminer. correspondence was read I dealt , -th as f-.’b.ws: From M rs Lev a and C*. Ltd., offering I In’l- dumping plant at Foxton for sa’c for the sum of £225 ns A stand' Decided that the .-cere, farv communicate with Paten Harbour Board a- to benefits to be derived from installing dumping plant. From 0 A. Brown. :i~ki»i«r for oarticular of the -.<•<•( ions at present r.lii'ii l‘.i lease ;*t the ABinnwatrr Head-. Secretary to supply information requested From P Turner, of Pnlmorsfor, North, «?;»t-ing that In* 1- miu, •/•oriioSv with ■be conditions out ir. the Board’- lease and making a »piie»‘?or» **> vifbdraw application for }case f melded to meet Mr 'fur r»*r in cormccriofr mih i ondifton-. From .Vfe-ics Ro*--. Rough and Co., making application for refund t,f monev-' .paid in error fo fhe flo- . rd for ri bank section. —Decided Fr.i.-n J. W. Wallace and Co- We!- ; r. enr-b-t-ing invoice for 49 :ece. ~f ironhark landed per s.s. M; •area, whi'-h have been tran--bifioed cier Kennedy.—Received. ; THE DREDGE. Mr W. Signal reported that since the dredge Hennessy had been shift'd from the wharf to the opposite .-file of the river it had ceased to leak. This he considered was due to the fact that the dredge did not receive any buffeting at its new moorings such as it was subjected to at the wharf, and that in consequence, (lie seams imd closed. He said he would like to see the dredge set to work off the jetty at the beach, as a hank had formed there since the last flood. It was decided that it would he inadvisable to set the dredge in operation again until it had been recaulked. AD Signal reported that a man had commenced work on the ‘cradle’ to be made for the dredge for this purpose. It was decided to write Messrs Jiokell and Gilmour, engineers in charge of the building of the ‘cradle’ pointing out to them that the ‘cradle’ was required as soon as possible and asking what had been the cause of the delay in commencing this work. AFFORESTATION WORK AT THE BEACH. A letter was read from Mr E. R. B. Tfolben stating that the season was now well advanced, and asking what arrangements had been made in connection with the Board’s scheme of planting pinus insignis trees at the Beach.

In support of the letter. Mr Holla ti said that lie believed the Board would he' able to procure a quantity of yearling trees free of cost from the Forestry Department, as it had made similar grants to other local bodies. Mr Chrystall said he was in favou! of buying two year okl trees from a nursery. He considered yearling lives unsuitable for the class of planting the Board intended carrying out. .. It was decided that Messrs .T. A. Nash and Linklater, M.’sP., endeavour to obtain a free grant of trees from the Forestry Department. ELECTRICITY FOR BEACH. Mr E. R. B. Holben requested that the Board should sign up the application form for the supply of electric current to the pilot's residence at the Beach, as supplied by Mi Da wick, of the Beach Improvement Committee. He said he thought ihe Board should support the movement afoot to get electricity to the Beach by signing up. He also said that aL some future date it might he possible to connect the main port light with the current.

Decided that the secretary he empnwed.lu sign the application form. BEACH SECTIONS. Decided that the chairman make arrangements for tlie surveying of 101 l new sections at the Beach. NEW LEASE. The lease, by the Board to Mrs Catherine Elizabeth Anderson, was cim tinned. Accounts amounting to £33 5/S were passed for payment.