BOR BOARD.

Gisborne Times, Volume XIX, Issue 1590, 31 October 1905, Page 3

BOR BOARD.

hly meeting. ‘ 5 monthly moetibg of the was held yesterday, when ■ members w ore present: h>y (chairman), Harding, right, Lysoar, Whinray, .in Tucker. •; * ■’?

EBPONDENOE. t ; wDepartment wroto stating / mment wero prepared to gbii similac to the one forp the Board for Tuahine ; -'as, considered that it should » height out of reaoh of perlocality. Tho Department i°w if tho Board wore pro. md maintain' the light. ' id to reply that -the light one, the Board considered :ected and maintained .by t, and also to point out ie (light was inadequate, y of St. John Ambulance I le notifying that the two I subscribed for in Gisborne, I id; one would be handed I io:r Board, with the hope I Would find acoommoda- j { 'or near the wharf. Then I be used for infeotious I,

| ‘ it wrote asking if it wero | J die in the river oprosilo . <v f’ Ta jetty and boatahed. tf f‘i£l to reply that the Board pi H.Vilt tlieoreotioa of any boatAp applicant forwarded partin' proposed jetty the Board C/ ji)r it. ' j IJwJJn appointments. „yninutea of the meeting were J # pnar stated that the appoint- I ‘iioremea had been rescinded v«ioe of motion. The appoint* I i been approved by the Board at and had no right to be up- I in the manner they had been. I the Chairman said that the matter had m decided by the members of the I ard in meeting. I ffr Clark pointed not that he had ques- j ted whether the appointments of the : temen, oontd be reaoinded without 1 1 ioa of motion, and the Chairman had I i

id agalnat him. toe minutes were confirmed, it a later stage the following letter was I from Mr H. E. Johnston“ On the i September 1 undertook.the duties of Ho manager and ■ assistant wharfinger pur Board, 'and found that things bad ted back into the same old groove that > were in soma years ago when I poradiy (against my will) acted as rfinger for sis months. There Is no j irviaion whatever, nor system, as rds oargo imported and exported, exing perhaps the Union Company’and dart-Parker Company, and even this « what it should be. Why those two I u companies should reoeive orders to I

rer baggo from the Harbor Board offioe, not”other vessels, is absurd; the rfinger should in any ease receive an ( from, the office to deliver cargo, tg to the, numerous responsible duties I had to undertake whilst in your loy, and about a quarter of a mile of ri to watch, I did not have a proper ce of thoroughly protecting the d’s interests and looking into other rta.nl matters. The system that (opted When in your employ, and the able assjstanoe of Mr Jamison, as impossible to make a mistake, during the three weeks 'there was a single one, but at the same the. Board on no account should receipts for cargo—in fact, nobody its it,,but ana firm of lightermen. a I undertook the duties I never for moment expected that I would be to make tbe Board responsible for two->tbirds of the cargo entering the

When appointed I was asked to 1 no favoritism, bat to be obliging, ive, and protect the Beard in every ile way.’ The amount of wharfage, 3d," collected by me no doubt apnmall, bat you mast boar in mind pits the means of the Board getting a larger sum by me stopping goods iggage nnti) I received an order from See. For a person to carry out the properly, he has far more than h to do without tallying cargo, and, ition, has to attend vessels arriving hours. I was told distinctly that the on was to be permanent, and on this

standing I disposed of my business, took two years to build up, and was also increasing, bringing me in £2OO a year. I wish respectfully that I be compensated for my great r else be reinstated." lobntson also referred to a number tors which bad come under his oh-

ion, and which, in bis* opinion, reattention from the Board. He it under notioe a number of items ioh be asserted wharfage was not lat should be paid, including coal isd for certain lighters, goods foe iptaent to coast, goods landed in igdTperhaps sold locally, a quantity ifoHhe coast, passengers' luggage s oysters, travellers' samples, and y for theatrical companies, potatoes loris from the Government. Goods requentty not on manifest, including fjooarby one vessel, |blv to the Chairman, the Sooretary Plwoly one firm had been allowed foe their steamers. 3>ft^a e complained sitya going ou for years, and showed ><Mty for the appointments which Vd had made. • -nan: This is the first that I at it. ]&a have found something Moiiorm that wae made, Bakaife&g 6 <?oing on for 20 WhakartJhat it is news to Poututu/ore, appeal to the Private bags—did at their last Thomson, ? It is a Mondaud. I trust - Hangarpa. > reUeolion r: Waerengaokuri. .tbeir postTiairoto. ar alleged • Frasertown. ho Board ' ’ . Marumaru.J non-pay-Bnakitnri. a most Wairoa. d at the Private bogs—Parlakana,appoint- ' Tuesday—At speaker Wbarerata, was in a Tarewa, ■ the roMoiere, ■ Nuhaka, action Opoutama, the ighte •. Arakihi, t inß -Wbeturau. u ’ Private bag—Joblin, Kiore Stf Tuesdays) and Saturdays-^ ■ Waimata Valley, Private bags—P. T. Kenway, " . Mander. Watson, Bailie?^ Kf ednesday and Batnrday— 9a . Wa'ngake, ng Private bag—Sisterson and MoB. j Monday, Wednesday land Fridaj.d Private bag—Puha \ t 3