Hastings Chronicle

The Harbour Commissioners were about to go to Parliament for additional powers to increase capital for the harbour works. Under the previous Act, ratepayers were under no liability until the structure was finished to the satisfaction of the borough engineer and it had been running for a year. Mr Stileman had been making experiments testing the foundations at two alleged weak spots in the harbour wall, following complaints by anti-harbourites who want to know what is below the foundations. The News of 17 November reported that a conference took place between Mr Stileman and Mr Carey, the harbour engineer.