! he Squadron and Royal Prince Edward Yacht Club fleets and hod no interest in moving their vessels to the Pin : water . This resulted in the pressure from members to sell the property . However , it brought another reaction from the Committee who stuck 10 their faith in the future of the property . It was resolved thar
Mr L . Scou be given definite insuuctions that only yachrs on the regiSter of this club arc 10 use the club moorings and that they are expected to fly 1 . he burgee of the club . He is also to report the condhion of the irees and the nagpole .
The club replied to the lener from the Ku-ring ยท gai Trusr lnfonning them ! hat the club wns nor in favour of closing the inoer Basin and suggesting lhar the Trust dredge the enuance to the inner Basin so that larger yachrs could use ii . The problems facing the
Trust were the pollution of the inner Basin and that
roilet facilities ar the Basin were insufficient to cater for the large numbers of yachtsmen crowding the Basin once or twice a year . The snme situation occurred when the Basin was closed 10 the club recently for i ! s Christmas Picnic there . IL was only by agreeing to use the beads onboard the yachlS thar rhe Trust allowed the club to hold the picnic .
No direct reply was received 10 the club ' s lcrter < eqUC $ ting dredging , but theKu-ring-gai Trust wrote requesting yacht owners to refrain from using lavatories at Broken Bay . A subsequent lencr to the Minister for Lands was unsuccessful , and since that lime large yachts have been excluded frorn the inner Basin .
These were hard times for the Newport project . On 6 June 1935 0 . Gorman said he had come 10 the conclusion that the Green Point property wns nor a good site for building . The waterfrontageS had only
The tree-planting committee p ! antiog a tree . There appears to be ample supcrvisioo .
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