HARBOR BOARD CONFERENCE.

Poverty Bay Standard, Volume I, Issue 55, 1 February 1884, Page 2

HARBOR BOARD CONFERENCE.

The amicable manner in which the question of the re-construction of the Gisborne Harbor Board was discussed on Wednesday night last is a matter for congratulation,—inasmuch as the main object of the three public bodies interested appears to be to work together for the improvement of the port, The adoption of measures for carrying out the necessary works in the harbor is a subject which interests every settler in this vast district, aod the country ratepayers have a perfect right to claim a voice in the transaction of business for the improvement of the port—more especially if they are likely to be called on to assist in raising the necessary funds for the prosecution of the work. It must be evident to the most obtuse individual that the improvement of the harbor means the enhancing of the value of properties in the district, and we should think that —if necessary—no consistent ratepayer would object to a little extra taxation for the furtherance of the most desirable object in the Bayaffording facilities for the protection and accommodation of shipping. We do not see, however, why endowments of land, as well as a substantial subsidy, should not be obtained from the Government. The resolution carried at the meeting is a most commendable one, and it needs but united and persistent action on the part of the public bodies of this district, we think, to give a satisfactory effect to it. The old saw that “ unity is strength” must certainly be deemed most applicable in this case, and we trust that no petty feeling or effeminate contention will be permitted to interfere with the successful carrying out of the movement on which the future prosperity of this important district mainly depends.