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be business men who were not preoccupied with duties as members
of Executive or Legislative Council, or the prospective Municipal
Council.
One correspondent, while considering that perhaps the best
course would be to establish control by some form of Port Trust,
believing that this would add to the expense of the Port,
recommended strengthening the existing Port Executive Committee
and the adoption of the recommendations of Sir David Owen if,
after a trial period, this should prove inadequate.
9.
Mr. Colman on the advantages of a Port Trust.
On the 16th September Mr. Colman addressed the Committee
on the characteristics and merits of the Port Trust form of
administration.
His remarks are set out in extenso in paragraph 4 of the
minutes of the second meeting of the Committee.
After outlining the history of Port Trusts and stating his
views as to their duties and responsibilities, Mr. Colman
expressed the opinion that they had the following advantages:
(1) Being a corporate body the Trust could not be influenced
in any way by anyone.
(2) The Trust would be composed of men of mature experience
and, in some cases, expert knowledge, wherefore its
resolutions or representations called for the closest
consideration.
(3) The possibility of the constitution of a Municipal Council
might give rise to a conflict between Municipal and Port
interests in matters such as road access and maintenance,
drainage and sewerage, port health arrangements and the
control of ferries, wherein Government might find it
difficult to resist Municipal claims without the support
of a strong case put up by an authoritative body
representing the shipping community.
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