READY BY NOVEMBER 15

Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 801, 23 October 1929, Page 18

READY BY NOVEMBER 15

NEW VEHICULAR LANDING HARBOUR AFFAIRS The new western vehicular wharf is expected to be completed by November 15, according to a report to the Auckland Harbour Board yesterday. The Hobson Street ferry was discontinued on October 11. The widening of Esplanade Road by reclaiming of 16ft of the foreshore, to be undertaken by the Onehunga Borough Council, was approved by the board, on condition that permission was obtained from the Marine Department. An application by the Onehunga Borough Council for permission to erect bathing sheds and construct pools on Church Street Beach was referred to the Manultau Harbour Committee. A 21-year lease of part of the fish market site for the establishment of a factory for sardine canning and preserving was sought by F. Petrie and Company. Pointing out that the board had already decided not to lease the property for more than 10 years, Mr. Wynyard expressed the opinion that the board might later require the property for port development.

Following upon the demolition of Albert Wharf and the vehicular stage from Lower Hobson Street, the board referred the arranging of temporary sites for buildings requiring to be removed. At an estimated cost of £1,500 the board decided to construct a timber landing and launch steps outside the viaduct breastwork, and to move the launchmen’s offices and extend the buildings at each end for 30ft. The conditions suggested by the Public Works Department engineer for the waterfront road across Hobson Bay were accepted by the board. The arrangements involved resumption by the board of the surface width only of the road, a perpetual easement being granted to the authority controlling the road, subject to the board carrying out further surveys.

The total imported cargo landed in September was 111,046 tons, compared with 89,635 tons, in the corresponding period last year. The Remuera Ratepayers’ Association applied to the board to expedite the lease of the Orakei basin to the City Council so that improvement work could be undertaken to convert the area into a recreation ground. The chairman, Mr. Mr. M. H. Winyard, explained that the board was willing to complete the lease when the Railway Department, which was responsible for closing the basin, secured the extinction of surrounding landowners’ riparian rights.