New Plymouth Port

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVI, Issue 170, 17 January 1914, Page 6

New Plymouth Port

SATISFACTORY PROCRESS. C'JTAIUMAX'S AXXI'AL REPORT. At Ike Harbor Hoard meeting yosterd:vy tin- chairman presented his annual report as follows: The annual accounts of the Board for 1!)13 are now before you, and I have great pleasure in stating that the rosalt has been most satisfactory—the revenue for 11)13 being C12.(i50 2s 2d. as amiinst £11,503 Os -id in 1312, an increase of iim-2 Is Ifld.

Tim strike which has taken plane throughout the Dominion during the latter part of the year will a Meet this •Hoard'* revenue, but its real effect has not been felt up to the. present, but in all probability will interfere with the revcne for tiie current year. The working account shows a njtt profit of £8970 lis !!il, being XlOlO (is 4d greater than that of 1912.' The trade of the port shows an increase 527 tons, which, considering the strike, must be considered very satisfactory, the figures for 1013 'being 92,407 tons, and for ISI2 01.5)40 tons. The total ordinary revenue received in the general account by the Hoard for the past 31> years is as follows: Amount. Year. £ s. (I. 1898 0,202 8 3 18'Jfl 0,401 13 7 1900 (1,044 10 1 1001 7,300 13 a 1002 8,30,") 0 11' J903 10.223 1 It 1004 1.0,835 IS S 1005 10,7(10 11 5 lOOt) 13,008 18 (i 1007 14,747 3 4 .1008 15.40(i 10 2 ! 1900 10,470 4 7 ! 101(1 12,077 3 2 1011 10,823 12 S ' 1012 11,503 0 4 1013 12,055 22 I LOAN' ACCOUNT. The balance of (this account at December 31, 1013, wak £2(!,(i00 (is 3d, the whole of which is on fixed deposit at tlie Board's 'bankers. UK 10A K WATER PROTECTION'. Only four concrete .blocks have 'been used for protection work in the bre.uk•water during the year, and eleven new blocks have been -made. There are now S4 Mocks on band for cases of emergence. The expenditure on the work husibccn £lO3 43 lid. ! JiKEAKWATER LIGHT. |. The light, which is a fixed green one, | was finally completed during the year, fiand was exhibited for the first time on ■ June 1 last, and is giving great satis- . faction. The expenditure during the (year was £92 2s 4d, and the. total cost £345 is 2d. j DRKIXIE THOMAS IuLN'G.

[ This vessel has worked continuously I throughout the year, and has removed 1,117,810 tons of material, at a cost of i£!."i.S7 .'is ."id, averaging 3.23 d per ton. '.This amount is l..i!)d per ton cheaper [than Ibe previous year. h Particulars of sand removed from the hiirbor during the past sixteen years I by t!>". Thomas King:—

DIiEIXIE PAIiITUTU. ■ 'l'liis vc-scl has again done good work, and for the greater part of the year was'working inshore with the buckets, 111i.200 tons being lifted from there, while 14H.400 tons were removed by the pump from the fairway. The total i|iiaiility of material dredged was 250,000 tons, while the cost of the vessel, including the annual overhaul, was CSI2S 2s Bd. averaging 7.til) per tonI am pieced to say that the vessel lias worked the whole year without any serious mishap, which speaks well for the manner in which the work was carried out by the. ollieer.-i and v.rxf. all of whom seem to have the Board's interests entirely at heart. Since September 1 the crew has worked continuously 12 ■hours per day when the weather was suitable, and the actual mini her of days on which the vessel worked was 240. Particulars of dredging by the Pari-tul-ii for the past three years:— Cost Year. Tons. Total'cosl. per ton 11)11 15.-),250 £5,718 Hi I 8.87 d IKI2 270,21)1) £0,911 17 7 5.04(1 liil:t 2.">t;,(i»l) £S,I2S 2 8 7.IHM WHARF. duly C22l' 10s has been expended under this heading during the year, which sum includes the. erection of a dolphin for mooring ocean vessels. IVIIARI' EXTENSION. . The extension of 00ft to the wharf was completed during the year, and the expenditure was ' £5Ol -Is sd, The total cost of the extension was £3827 ISs-ld. COAL BINS. hi order to enable the. Board to keep a. good stock of coal always on hand, an exten-ion to the coal bins was decided on, and an additional bin of 250 tuns capacity lias been erected during the year, at'ia. cost „f £3OO 15s 4d. PLANT, BUILDINGS AND MACHINERY. The locomotive shed, smithy am! store room at the works were in a. very dilapidated state, and the iioard decided to erect new ones. This is now being done on (he site of the old store, and the oilier places will shortly he demolished. . The expenditure under tITTs heading has been C 540 fls lid, while sales of old ' plant and material amounted to £74 17s 3d. ■ENDOWMENTS. During the year alterations and additions were • made' to ■ the liarboraiagter's

residence, and also to the shops in I Jirouglmm street. | A small sum has also been expended | on the Bell Block reserve in reclaiming! and grassing about six acres of sand. '. Tlie total amount expended under this heading (including £225 rates on reserves) has'been ,tS2B 12s lid. 1 WllAlil'AdK AND ih:ks. i i> The following is a table of the above ] during the past sixteen years:— I

Being a decrease of 44 vessels, but an increase, of '32.)!) in tonnage, and an increase of ">27 tons in imports and exports. LAND REVENUE. I tun very pleased to report a substantial increase in the land revenue, the ■figures for HI 13 heing £4(107 13s- 4d, against C 3122 Ms lid, or an increase of ■£1544 18s JOil. Tahle of land revenue for the past sixteen vcars: —

Amount. Year. ,C 8. d. ' 1898 5,!13,-i 3 2 | ISO!) , <i,BU6 18 4 ; 1110(1 G,0!14 II 3 ' I'SMll. 5,454 4 5 1002 3,417 17 7 !»»:; 3.501;' li i.i' WO I 3,2(» 14 111 I!K>5 2,111-i 17 IV tOOti 3,700 7 0 1007 3,024 !) 2 1008 3,152 10 11 limit- 2.i)0!) 2 3 IHIO 4.881 10 4 Wll 4,1)82 17 10 1012 3.122 14 (i 1013 4,(iG7 13 4 This shows iin increase of £1544 18s 10(1 for iJui year 1013. , SINKINi; KCXD, 1910 LOAN*. The balance in this account nt December 31' was C 13,237 14s 3d, of which £IO,OOO was on registered -mortgage and the balance, ,£2337 14s 3d, lying at the bank, at present uninvested, "but tlie. commissioner.-; are now considering an application for the amount. MEMBERSDuring the year the biennial election for those 'members representing boroughs took place, and resulted in the return of Messrs .1. ii. Conuett and C. E. Bellringer for the New Plymouth ward, am! Mr. (,'. A. Wilkinson, M.P., for the Strat-fonl-Eltlmm-lnglewood ward. Ju each cji.se the retiring members were returned unopposed. • The. elections Tor the four remaining wards Taranaki - Egmont, Strut fordWbangamomona, ITawcra-Elthani, and Waimatc West-will be held in April next. IIAKISOUMASTKn. During the year Captain Ceorge llolford resigned from the position of harbormaster, owing to ill-health., and Captain William Waller, late of the lluddart Parker Company's b.s. Wiminera, and oilier vessels, was appointed in his stead. STEAMERS. The largest vessel which entered the port was the Kaiupoi, 2003 tons gross and 1247 tons nett, drawing loft (I'm of .water: but the Kaitangata, (l'ISl. tons gross anil 12HI tons nett), had the deepest draught (18ft).

icar i Cost Tons | Total Cost per Ton LS!)8 135,290 £ s. d. 2501 4 2 4.43d , 1899 232,73'i 2970 12 1 3.50d 1900 131,278 1458 11 11 ; 2.00d 1901 115,380 1453 15 0 ! 3.52d 1902 103,320 2125 19 3 4.93d 1903 153.100 1587 12 10 2.48d 1901, 200,088 ; 2117 11 0 2.54d 1905 203,042 1 2805 19 7 3.30d 1906 91,920 1012 18 2 1.21d 1907 111,900 1500 10 11 3.09d iyos 75.720 1924 8 11 (5.09d 1909 87,810 1542 11 10 t.lCd 19IU 94,839 1704 18 0 446d 1-911 118,2.10 i.389 13 2 2.82d .1912 82,160 1,050 1 0 4.82d 1913 117,810 1,587 3 5 3 23d

h THE TARANAKi DAILY X':.. SATURDAY, JANUARY 1? i)i-fgjBI|| MM 111 tAB - woman? world |New Plymouth Port A SOCIA WIAT1IJJB,xg. SATISFACTORY PROGRESS. J On Wednesday afternoon, in the Ke- C JIAlttJUX\S AN.WAL RKPORT. 1 creation (.rounds, the \ lctoria League held its iirst social gathering, which , , I took the form of an afternoon tea pro- 1 ( '' c ''•"'' ,01 ' Board meeting ypstcrvidod by the committee. A very enjoy- ; ll:l . v " ';"' ''^ l5l ' mil » pix-sented his annual > able time was spent. .Music was sup- j '''''I' 111 ''' ;ls follows:— - [died by .Mrs Woods and Mr <_i Van 1 J ' m! 11H!1I,il1 accounts of the Board for Hock. ' j lal3 ,llu >"» v licfore you, and I have The Vcn. Archdeacon Kvans delivered p' r,!at 1 ,! ™ M "' ( ' hl stating that the result a short address, statin- the purposes of 1;li ,"'"** S ", T iMU)r y~ tl,a re ™'"e of the League and its idea of helping '" '?"'A""'?, Ui '^ A as a " ilins ' the Cottage Hospital at Uruu. ' , H"" 0s ,„ 4 , !l m 1!)12 ' a " w™'-™ <> f Mr Mallet also spoke. "'/ ls . M - ,., , The Union Jack presented bv .Mrs U. n T1,e * tr ! kt " wl "?' ,ll . s ta ' aM .' P 1 "' 0 C. Hugln, to the League, was'unfurled f™B*ont l 1 "', nomni.on dunny he by M« Hughes and the Yen. Archdeacon f'er part <>l the year will nl oe ins Kvans. Britannia." and God Save ,1! T' 1 1 " >»' >** ™1 e««t J™ the Kin. were then sung. """ *>™ !}. ' n l', <? b " f P 18 * 1 " • !»* ,n A„,„„r,.f +i,„~, , ,r ah prol);:l)ilit',i will interfere with tlie reAmongs tho.,e .present were:-lfc. ,.,,,'„_, { tiu , CHr t .„- ss, elniTupagne-colorcl charmeuse. T1 „. w „,,. i , :u ,. 0 „;, t gll0W8 n „ u .•led n ...on of same .hades white r .i 0 r,t of £H!I70 (Is IM, !«■!.,« .UfilOUs'id hat v.ith shades of blue and purple; Mrs !TOltel . t]ll|11 tlmt „ f i !)U ' , «)rr,M„i, saxe-blue, black hat; Mr, Me- The trade of the port show-s an inUeland, grey, black hat witli pink; Mrs .. rea;U . pl ; rl - tolls% whic! t . u , l3 ; ( i cl . in „ Newman, black; Mrs Percv Webster, the strike, must be'considered verv satllowered crepolme, hat with cherry factory, the figures for l!)13 'hemcolor; i.Irs llurstliouse., black, black lut i)2,4(»7 tons, and for 1S12 1)1,040 tons, with white osprey; .Mrs I'enn, grey The total ordinary revenue received in voile, grey hat with violet: Mrs Paton, the general ucconnt'bv the Hoard for the white muslni. while bat with pink roses: past 115 years is as follows:— Mrs (Jillam, !il:ick;,Mrs h'entoii, green sponge-cloth coat, white skirt, purple Amount, hat: Mrs 11. Russell, water blu<, black Yrar - £ s - (l - hat with white feathers: Mrs Leimon, ' ]S!KS "-" 2li2 8 2 tussore costume, black and white hat: 18 ' J!I 0,40113 7 'Mrs Hollo, white hat; ' 19a0 (1,044 1!) 1 Mrs Boy, black coat and skirt; Mrs '; lu } 7 /l m _ 1 f 5 ( Waik, champagne charmeuse veiled with 1 f'"! ( ]'! !! ]!' black ninon, black hat with champagne ' 2' ,i '' osprey; Mrs W. Shaw, black and white ™'i costume, black hat; Mrs McJost, dark • ;™ ! ™2 i e blue charmeuse coat and skirt, blue hat " - ''. ° ,. l l , with biscuit-colored plumes; Mrs Kelsev. !,,' \-\V- m t fawn coat and skirt, brown hat; Mbs ' „ , '" : Kolsey, grey voile, black bat with pink { j;;,,,, }.,',.«' * [, _ roses; Mrs Home, natis blue, black i 1(U , ,,,'„, , n o „ bat; Mrs Turton, black; Mrs R. C I ' ■ „ \ Hughes, cream coat and skirt, black J jyj.; l-'V.) ■> " bat; Mrs Courtney, heliotrope, black | hat; Mrs Blundell, grey, white hat with j LOAN" ACCOUNT black feather j Mrs ISalham, white coat i, ' '" i ' and skirt, white hat: Mrs C. 11. Westun, The balance of (this account at Decpmgrey chanueuse, white hat with black ! ""' 31. l w 4 £2(l.(i0(i (is 3d, the plumes; Mrs Moycs, .grey slmiitunir cos- whole of which is on fixed deposit at tlie tame, grey and black' hat; Mrs Newton Board's hankers. King, navy blue, burnt-straw bat; Mrs jjrkaKWATKR PROTECXIOK. 0. A. Jones, white muslin; Mrs Johns (Wanganni), black", black hat; Mrs Only four concrete .blocks have 'been Heard, white sponge-cloth., orange-col- used for protection work in the bre.akored bat with black feathers; Mrs Col- .water during the year, and eleven new ling, grey, black hat with shaded tulle blocks have been' ■made. There are bows; Mrs W.vlic, grey coat and skirt, now S4 blocks on band for cases of white hat with cerise; Mrs Sladden, emergency. The expenditure oa the : grey costume .black hat; Mrs Cornwall, work lias Jieen £H)S4s lid. black, black hat; Mrs Rott, grcv, white J bat; Mrs Fitzherbert, amethyst silk, | JiKKAKWATER LIGHT. Bjgroy hat; Mrs F. (i. EvaiH, dark blue, | T1|c n hlj whk .,, ; s a fixcd „,,,,„ 0I10j 1 blue hat; Miss Ahier, white muslin, w . ls lln ., llv . conip i e tcd during the year, I white hat; .Mrs Orpoke, heliotrope, black h lm[ W!la exhibited for the Iirst time on | hat; Mrs Denny-Brown, Mack char-J,j, HK . i, i ilst) ilm l j s giving great satis- | meuse veiled with white ninon, whitu * faction. The expenditure'during the | hat; Miss Pobaschcck, Miss Lea, Miss . VL , ilr Wils V j± is id, and tho total cost 1 Birdcling. Miss Rarnitt, Miss Wallace, j £;j4j 7 S 2d. I Miss Nichol; Miss Brown, grey, black' 1 hat; Miss l'ratt, black silk, cream and { UKK1XIK THOMAS lvlNG. 8 black bat; Miss Cotterill, white voile,! „„. , , , , ,. , ■ , „, , ,. ,,-,, , , , I Ilus vessel has worked continuously I leghorn hat with loops of green and 1 ., , , ,, , . ■', H ,, ... ,.. , t . '. .." ,. througliiiut the year, and has removed 8 blue ribbon; Miss \\ ade, white muslin, 1 ,.._ „" , .. •" , ■ . , , . .. R ,, , , , ,,. „, , , ... . 1,111,810 tons ol material, at a cost ot I black hat; Miss lestar, tussore silk, vio-1 ,.,.,,- ., -, , ■ ., ,.,, , 1 , , , , ',,. „ , , ., ' ,. |£!.i,Si Js .id, averaging .1.2,id x;r ton. 1 t 1U lV: ?''n 00 m'- , W f' i lra t'"'' U'l'" «»»««"t i* 1-iUd per ton cheaper - Muss Hirst, black black hat; Mm j tll . lu „„. il)m } - Tflmpton, grey and white striped cos- f . i , rtl . til . ll , il rB of sand removed from the tume, burnt-straw hat; Mrsbtan ey bhaw ||ul .j 1|]e t sixtc( , u grey coat, black hat; Mrs 1'ouelton: i )y t i„. Thomas King:— Madame Fcdorowicz, grey costume, black and white bat; Misses Rollo (2), Misses j . - Turton <i). Miss Leraion. j R. Kmickey, oi Ngaere, and Mrs j i" C ar Cost Mangatoki, arc, with Tons Total Cost per Ton their families, spending the holidays at | 'the seaside in New Plymouth. ~< £ s. d. esidence, and also to the shops in 1 h'oiighniiv street. | A small sum lias also been expended | m the Bell Block reserve in reclaiming] uid grassing about six acres of sand. '. Tlie total amount expended under this leading (including £225 rates on reserves) has been ,CS28 12s lid. 1 ' WllAUFAin: AND DL'F.S. |> The following is a table of the above \ during the past sixteen years: — ■. Z 1 05 « « -' '-= "+ C "O -I <Ji O 7-' O. -H l^ i^B r , Holiday Outfits .v. *' VERY SPECIAL VALUE IN— iV LADIES* WASHING FROCKS, 6s lid, 7s lid, 8s lid, \; ios lid. ' • SPECIAL PURCHASES in READY-TO-WEAR GOODS t\ ' in every department. EXCEPTIONAL VALUES. |v, ' —— Sfc# SMARTEST MILLINERY AND READY-TO-WEAR W ' * HATS. f f ' PAN DANS, PANAMAS, PICNIC AND TENNIS HATS p"- , AT JOB PRICES. V< ', £' 3- . SUNSHADES AT A GREAT JOB. 1 <j 1 a h o io a to t> oi 010 s n m 10 10 -f 05 05 "0 O CO IO 1-- CO -* 05 O W ■>! ?■! « ! ° 1 fU 1 £ i c- x c o - £ 1 ■-< 1M <M - 0. t- 10 -J5 c ffl CO CO Ol CO 0-1 -T 1 r-i .H rA rH 1 W W "f W ft CO IO O W tS Jj rj "O c to 1-- 3D CO IO to 05 "O OS O — 1 a ' c? OT -, . -q i ,■» x -t> i t ' 12 '~ " 'r. R 1 d> j to a 0 10 - f. 1 On«j JiOtOCNNNtO 'O »0 '>C l-» \ WH&r-^&^tW^M % o o i-i <• g 1 otoo; T- 115 IO ifl O IO U5 l> O C S no'iioostrioOi-iiHn SOOOOCOCr-l-ii-i^ 05 3 05 C5 Cr. 05 C5 C5 05 05 C5 New PI ymouth. — j SHTPPIXC1. Three hundred and thirty two vessels entered anil left the port during the past. 'I f 1 1914 , year, (heir a 71,-). ltetur are as folU^ ° u i M xo, 1 »oc "0 O _t M i'h3 1 og 1 H | 31 1 Set o a 1 o a ggregate tonnage being 1S3,is for the past sixteen years ': — Diocco-iot'Oojioo 1 ;" •M 10 — O GO 1Q CO <-* CC -t tO M -t 05 IO r-i <M T«l 00 ~ 05 "^ - crjft oi io" ct os" 'o" to t- h" ci ■f , Brings lower prices and better values at our store, w e X "defy competition. Every article of Furniture we sell is manufactured on the premises. i • No order too large or too small. Every requisite for £ the home. ?3* ' *'± 4-ROOMED COTTAGE FURNISHED with every f'i detail, including the wedding ring, for £49 16s 5d cash. !/~ Delivered free. °*$ •/ Sole agents for Linoleum Squares, Alfred Meakin's £i l China and Poland China. %WfA- Post Furnishing Co., Ltd. ■ ?: ] fc:N to 30& DEVON STREET, NEW PLYMOUTH. 0 10 to to to t> W CO X C5 05 ri— O H 31 N O tJ f CI 10 O -? 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