HARBOUR AFFAIRS

Sun (Auckland), Volume 1, Issue 65, 8 June 1927, Page 6

HARBOUR AFFAIRS

MEETING OF BOARD

The Auckland Harbour Board met yesterday afternoon, the chairman, Mr. H. R. Mackenzie, presiding. The town clerk of Birkenhead wrote asking that the board co-operate with the Birkenhead Borough Council in beautifying the park at the entrance to the Birkenhead Wharf, by improving the boat lockers now on the breastwork. and suggested that the boar s Works Committee should visit antLinspect the locality. This was ref to the Works Committee. “Request declined” was thle rep > a letter from the London Cham r Commerce asking the board„, t0 inter . space in its proposed special inter Imperial Trade Number. The Auckland a.nd touburban eral Carriers’ Association wrot the board to meet master carriers to discuss certain tions relating to the distribute delivery of cargo from liome the lack of supervision of 501 ' ns °“ I which arrived from tlie South. The chairman moved that M F. A. Hellaby, C. G. Macindoe and W- #f McCallum meet the ropresentuhw the association at a conference

Thursday. -t-t-The firm of J. J- Craig vtroto »» ing that the company's san d “ east of King's Wharf required repwn which would cost approximately a- . and asking for the assistant board. , . _ rP uort It was decided to obtain a repo from all the other P r ‘ vat ® _ r( , tB owners and report to the board committee. . cnn to “It would cost the board £ •• £1,600, and it is outside the jurisdiction to start protecting P j property owners,” said the reply to the suggestion of tb ® S “ oar d Bay Bowling Club that , th ® ros ion should build a stone wall "' her ® ® n( ? ar y was taking place along the bo of the club’s property. No action 11 It was decided to call for for a new 10 kilowatt motor ßC ?iuiope which is to be installed at the C Dock. .. „ v«VT In reply to a request by the Office for a piece of ground on shores of the new boat haroow. was stated that consideration . be given to the request when P ro j. was being made for sites for boa in St. Mary’s Bay boat harbour. The Finance Committee repo r r Lr tin e its recommendations for the gr - of licenses to the Colonial Sugar fining Company, and in doing pressed its regret that the Bar & Act did not permit the granting longer tenure of the wharf site. In view of the small revenue the up-river wharves the b ° a ‘ t 0 gretted that it could not see its grant the request to reduce the • age charges on milk shipped from wharves. The treasurer reported the cost of the upkeep <>f the upwharves was £650 a year.