WESTPORT HARBOUR.
PER F&ESS ABBOQIATIO7. Wjbtfort, May 9. At a spwdal moating of the Wee'po't Harbour Biard today to oonuder steps to he taken for improvement of the river, whioh at th« i>rtr*noe haa shoaled considerably of latn, it wu decided to request tbe fiance eoramittee to place b fore 8:r Jos.tph Ward a schema for providing thy iisoeoary interest oh the loan for procuring an up-to-date sand dredge. Mr Hcanlon, mover of the motion, advocate! rising the port charges, and mentioaed that vsssela only paid 12s 6d a day at Weatport as compared with £lO a* Wellington, and mar© at o*her port*. The Board a'so derided to cable 'h* Otis Company, of Melbourne, an odor for suction appliaucus to fi-, on one of the dr*dg<i hopp rs for usi until an up-to-date dredjja is obtained. A financial stite'n-nt, was laid on the labia showing the Boird's. position to b« as folio- s: red it cunent nooouut, .£12,787 14s sd; credit Npecitl rat* and coal account, £3741 la lid; on fixed dop-sit, £2000; unissued d Dentures, £5000; total £23,528 16b 4d.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXIV, Issue 107, 10 May 1902, Page 2
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181WESTPORT HARBOUR. Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXIV, Issue 107, 10 May 1902, Page 2
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