HARBOR BOARD ELECTION.
Various candidates for election to thp Harbor Board addressed the elector < in Timiru last Thursday night. A great ramy persons ha I to go away without being able to gain admittance.
Mr C. Bourn, amonsjsfc other things, said he was not in favor of extending the breakwater further at present. Ho suggested that a T misjht be formed, bo as to aff>rd shelter fo<f vessels. The end of the Breakwater should not be finished, so that any time it could be extended.
Mr George Cliff, who was received with a mixture of hisses and applause, was in favor of extending the present structure farther out, and making jetties alongside of it.
Mr W. Evans was in favor of constructing the present Breakwater until a depth of 25ft of water was obtained, so that the largest steamers might be able to com? in there. He was also in tavor of wooden jetties.
Mr Gibson said that the extension of the present works was a question to be decided by the members of the Board. If their constituents were in favor ot voting a further loan the work could be carried out, but if not, it could not, as it was altogether a question of funds. Uuless the mole was extended so as to be able to accommodate Urge steamers f imam would have to remain a second*
rate port, and it would lose in the cost wf transhipment. Under these circumstances he would lie in favor of extension, provided the fu ids were sufficient.
Mr Jacob Hill was in favor of buildi ig an arm out at right angha with tie 'i\<\ of the present work, and thought £30,0C0 might be well spent in that direction.
Captain Sutter laid claim to having been the prime mover in getting the fiist £IOO,OOO for the Breakwater, and also in passing the Act under which the "lection was to be held. To bail,! an arm now would be the greatest folly that could bfl committed. There was a nlan in the hands of the Board which he believed would answer the purpose.
Mr Jackson was in favor of extension until vessels and steamers of the largest tonnage could be brought alongside. The meeting then terminated. '
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Temuka Leader, Issue 1069, 10 February 1883, Page 3
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374HARBOR BOARD ELECTION. Temuka Leader, Issue 1069, 10 February 1883, Page 3
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