SPECIAL TELEGRAMS.

Oamaru Mail, Volume I, Issue 356, 14 June 1877, Page 2

SPECIAL TELEGRAMS.

[from OUR OWN- CORRESPONDENTS.]

DUNEDIN

THE DOCK QUESTION. THE TRANCE MEDIUM. June 14. The dock agitation has assumed a new phase. The question now appears to be whether the Board shall adopt a plan whereby it is asserted that value will be given to Mr. Proudfoot's speculation in a large block of unreclaimed land, purchased some time ago from the Provincial Government. This is somewhat repugnant to the feelings of certain members of the Board, who would rather sacrifice the interests of the Board, were they involved in the question of which scheme should be adopted, than that the contractor should receive any benefit from the position of the docks, although that benefit might be mutual. Mr. Proudfoot, as contractor for the dredging and rock-walling, required Is. per cubic yard extra to move the docks, according to the plan of Walter, on the ground of the proposal involving a farther haulage than was required by the original plan, but now agrees for a much smaller amount to the plan above mentioned. He also consents to lift the rocky walling already laid down if required. By this latter plan, it is argued by some, that the Harbour Board will be deprived of a most valuable portion of its endowment, and that it will immensely enhance the value of Mr. Proudfoot's reclaimed land. The public lecture given by Walker, the trance medium, last night, was very rowdy. The meeting refused to hear Dr. Carr or the Pev. Mr. Fitchett.