FOXTON HARBOUR BOARD.
SHIPPING DIFFICULTIES EXPLAINED.
CONFERENCE SYMPATHETIC.
Auckland, January 30. The difficult position in which the Foxton Harbour Board has been placed, first through the wreck, of its trading vessel, and then by the purchase of a vessel which, on account of its draught, could never enter Foxton fully loaded, was explained to the Harbour Boards’ Conference by Mr. J. Linklater, M.P., chairman of the Foxton Harbour Board. Mir. Linklater moved that boards operating in coastal transporation be empowered to raise a certain sum for the purchase of suitable vessels for their respective trades. He explained that the Foxton Board urgently required assistance in financing the purchase of a new vessel. Mi*. J. A. Nash, M.F., representing the Foxton Board, in supporting the motion, said that unless something was done in the dir option the port of Foxton would have to close, and that would not be desirable. lithe board’s only (liability was a loan of £16,000. Mr. G. Mitchell, of Wellington, supported the remit. He said the Foxton Board had stepped in to run the vessel when private enterprise would not undertake it. The remit was adopted.
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Manawatu Herald, Volume L, Issue 3901, 31 January 1929, Page 3
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189FOXTON HARBOUR BOARD. Manawatu Herald, Volume L, Issue 3901, 31 January 1929, Page 3
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