DISTRICT NEWS.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVI, Issue 171, 19 January 1914, Page 3

DISTRICT NEWS.

:i • _ j OPUX.MvE. 1 From Our Own Correspondent. ; J A full meeting nt (he Harbor Board j was hold on Tbursdav aliei'iiuoii last- ' I'resenl: Messrs .(. U n ibic,scnr..A. JJ. \ Moore, T. I'. I!u,'.'!i,,o!i, ,i. Maeiie. ji. ' Malcolm. ('. 11. Hurst ami A. McKcown. >.!r. Ilughson was appointed chainnan for (in- remainder of the term, vice Air. : MaoKeynohls. resigned. An application from the Wharf Company- I'ov two years' lease of the foreshore was granted, after a good deal of discussion. It, was also decide-! that negotiations he into with Mr. Cyrus Williams, marine engineer, with a view to g'elting a detailed (..-•limate of the harhor works, to lay sume before, the rale- j payer,! previous to asking them to sane, lion a loan of .£48,000. The Board has hsen granted a further emlownienl.-sectioii, reserve W. Mr. Wilkinson, M.l\, and the Premier were ihsnkeil for their efforts in connection with the same. The Opnnake Bowlimr Club's learns defeated Manaia vt the latter place, (m . i!ie banner and ln\ shield, wini.ing in eccii instance by two points, as well a> the club (natch by seven •points. ; Tin; I'iliama nieiuliers of the Opunake - Racing 1 Club are jubilant over removing - the tccretnry's oilier, to f'ihania, v j