FRANKLIN POWER BOARD.

Auckland Star, Volume LIX, Issue 235, 4 October 1928, Page 20

FRANKLIN POWER BOARD.

EXTENSIONS TO THE SERVICE.

TRANSFORMERS AND POLES REQUIRED.

The chairman, Mr. John Dean, presided at the regular meeting of the Frankton Electric Power Board. The chairman welcomed Mr. W. Hosking, who had been elected to represent the constituent district of Waiuku. The agreement between the board and the Pukekohe Borough Council respecting light and pumping services for the borough was finalised with minor alterations, and is to be sealed and signed. The agreement is for a term of five years, but charges are to be reviewed every two--years. The board resolved to approach the New Zealand Co-operative Dairy Company, with a request that it consider the advisability of installing electric motors at Paerata butter factory, . The engineer stated that the matter of linking up another portion of the Onewhero district was held up pending the arrival of transformers from England. He understood the necessary machinery was now on the water. Mr. W. Hosking was added to the irrigation and Accounts Committees, vice Mr. W. West, who had been defeated for his seat on the board. Formal resolutions were passed in connection with the raising of £5000, the balance of the 10 per cent supplementary ™ an f° r extensions. It was reported that the money could be raised at 5% per cent. The engineer was asked to prepare an estimate of the cost of heating the water in the municipal swimming baths at i Pukekohe. The engineer said that many important extension works were in hand, and it might be two months or more before a commencement could be made with the line to Paparata. The engineer (Mr. T. R. Overton) reported that the survey of the OnewheroKohanga line was complete, while surveys

had been made and plana prepared of the Ramarama-Ararimu line for a distance of seven miles. New lines at Onewhero, Bombay, and Razorback had been livened, while Brown's Road, Tuabau, was ready as soon as the house connections Wore complete* t

THAMES VALLEY MEETING.

At toe meeting of the Thames Valley Power Board the chief engineer, Mr. W. G. McLeod, reported that the service had been severely dislocated during the past month by several storms. The staff had a very strenuous time in all districts on account of these disturbances. The supply generally during the nlonth had caused considerable inconvenience because of low voltage at thneß and short interruptions. Apart from lightning and storms, the main difficulty was the fire at the Horahora transformer station on September 1. The Ngatea Hall Society asked if the board would entrust it with the responsibility of lighting the township. The board decided that it could not recognise any body other than the Hauraki Plains County Council. The Rising Sun Goldmining Company disputed an account of £60 for power costs, and forwarded £50 in settlement. It was decided to demand the full amount ?£ Jr e . rge > Messrs. Piatt, Corbett and McCormick dissenting.