HARBOR TARIFF.
(To Uni Editor Gisborne Times.) .Sir, —Tm- li! lb’ am inl ion Inal lias sol m uncut I in- 1,11:0 011jr.i11 in maim 11.wuspeii|.-le open llieir eyes. 1 no lliipurleis ii.tvc iiiie'nmphimmgly paid he ir i remeiidotis mtic m wnnriage, u. 11 lln-y arc no' 10 pay mole, il j v. 111 in- ocee.ssary In be on guard. Al I preseui a lar.i.’.e amount, 01 .1 uxul ion j llial sinuilll oe borne by land alone | is piled on in Vvliai luge. l'.ieii ibe j inIUTSi mi the loan, mr 'vlueii liie land alone is liiili!,-,, is beiiiir paid l" 1 ;i largi* ex lent irnni wii.U'i.iges. Ibe Jtinil-iieai tediiess inwanis ine l.'oasi ■ sillier is all very well, bill we iniisl, bear 111 mind Iliad ibe same Coast sol tier escaped from paying even I lie share for which lie agreed when die loan was raised , bail lie coni limed (,i .|n so, Willi the increased settlement, and value on Ibe Coast, Gisborne could have almost been made a nee pol l by now. The hoard is going on building wharves, and all 7iic reform dial lias so far been sug-gc.-did by tariii-rewsers is I lull, tlio Co.isi, resident, who uses one or two tanks in a lilc-tilue, should he allowed j,, have that lank over the wharf for h..li a-erown cheaper on the pre(rii,. iii.it oeeaiise Ine iron in sheets paid inward wharfage it is therefore i>ulillcb In go out as a lank. lam surprised llial, any public body could punk of such a iiimg. li there are to be reduet ions let them be snmefliing approaching lairness. Let l lie jami a I leasl hear tiial for which it )ms been made liable, the inl ci'Qst on Ibe loan, and then have a fair all round reduel ion in wharfage, and not, anv subterfuge lo let certain goods pass over the wharf free. Il is propel that people who use I he. "ban should pay a reasonable fee, so dial jl is nol only local people who have lo pay for the advantages. Bui it I lie mail who brings in a small paek.v,(. is u, pav a large sum proporI mtiaUdv, ami 'a lank that, will "iiup\ a large wharf space is to go out iree, it will be a queer arrangement, riie shipping company that earnes the iron, tile man who earls it, the lumpers who handle it. do not deal with il again for nothing because it happens to have been wrought up m o a number of tanks, and yet it bus he,m suggested that the Harbor audio,ilies should treat the worked up article as the same stuff. Ihe subdel of wharfage lmill requires careful watching by those wbo are umv paving a heavy tax. which should nut / U 1 lhm al UNI-! WIHM’AYS.
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Gisborne Times, Volume IX, Issue 910, 8 June 1903, Page 3
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472HARBOR TARIFF. Gisborne Times, Volume IX, Issue 910, 8 June 1903, Page 3
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