Supply of Stone From Foreshore.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 7827, 20 May 1905, Page 2

Supply of Stone From Foreshore.

VETOED DY THE RAILWAY BEPAKTMEXT.

elnu 'f" o ".™ t0 t] >e Taranabi •Jounty Council's decision to serve notice on the Harbour Hoard, and .h e fl ' o,n the bencll between w M™. I,l r'» outh railway station and the breakwater, a letter was road fw/i'f ' " ' ,lC(,tin e of the Harbour HaM« '"n lhC Ch,ef F -«Smm- to (he Ha,l«a.y Department. It was under-! stood, the writer pointed out, that in accordance with the department's '.•.•quest the Hoard had hitherto decided not to agree to the removal of stone and gravel from the foreshore and as this was vested in the Board he would Ije glad to know what steps U was proposed to take to prevent tnji Loamy Council carrying out iu Intention, As far as the Hallway i»q>artment was concerned, u strong objection would be raised, and the hoticitor-Gencral had been requested to advise what legal steps were necessary to protect the Department's mtmsi. It might bo advisable to t;>iio the foreshore by proclamation and vest it in the department, but a was not desired to interfere, with the Hoard's endowments it it could possibly be avoido.il. "The Harbours Act enmowe ( -od the Hoard to liia'ko a to'-law prohibiting the 'removal 0 f the gravel and stone, and on behalf Ql the Department tho Chief Engineer asked the Hoard to oxorciso lis right, and if nut a|reudv done, to issue sugh a by-law, Tho Chairman (Mi- Connett) remarked that tho County Council had served the notice in an informal way, the secretary merely informing the Hoard verbally. IJ O had told the Council before that the Hoard was against the practice. When in Wellington he (the Chaipnan) hud haft three Interviews with Mr Uoombes on tho subject, as lie had been afraid the Kailway Department might take advantage of this opening and by proclamation takd away the Hoard's control of the approach;"' to the wharves, etc. It was very questionable whether the Cu||p£y Council liouid fijH bpyund thy JJoupd'ij by-.:la,w whiiih stated thai no material could bo taken away from the foreshore without the consent of the Hoard, lie believed that Mr. Okey (Chairman of the Council) had now dropped tho idea, and that the Council was obtaining stone from the Waiwakaiho. He (Mr Connett) pointed out that the Hallway Department had spent p. Jarge amount in protecting the. 'railway line biflwgoh tha a)(d the breakwater, and it wag npt Jjkpj ly the Department would allow stonp to be taken away. The Department Showed its sincerity in tho matter by carting stono five miles when r*-- J quired for use bv it.

Members agreed -with this view, and it was doclded to reply to the letter stnlhur that the Board had by-laws, on the matter, and intended to strictly enforce UivWi (