Railway Electrification.

Chronicle (Levin), 13 December 1949, Page 5

Railway Electrification.

In respdnse to a qu'ote for a ,supply of electricity for the' Mr- ' ther electrification of the Mdin Trunk railway, which was recent,ly supplied to the Railways Departmen't hy the Manawatu-Oroua Electric Power Bo-ard, a letter from the department received yesterday hy the Power Bqard, stated 'that, the hoard's tarlff of Govern- ' ment standard rates, plds 5 per cen'fc. plus 12-h per cent. per annum bn capital outlay was too: high to make railway eleCtrificatibn eeonomic at the present time. Maori Agricultural Gollege. A Maorf agficUltuial college is to be hui 14 hy, the_"Lafcter-Day Saints Church in the Waikato. It will replace a siihiiar college in; Hdwke's :Bay which was destrqyed hy the iearthquake iri 1931. The bhUfc'h' is waiting for the Land Saies Court to aRprove an agreemeiit to' buy 215 acres of land about two miles • from Frankton Junction on the •foad from Whatawhata to Piron-. gia. Pr'obahly the land wi-li not* be vacated hy the present owher before next June. Meanwhil'e su'rveys of the area are beirig made. iPl'ans of a sifihlar college v^hich ;was huilt hy the church in Tonga , • havg- ai'fWed in Aucklarid.- :'As ! i there Was a shortage' of buildmg materials for this underta.king all the compohents' exc'ep't- the sand and rock wer'e hrought f-rom the United States.' If necessary the . .sarne Gdufse .may be adohted to complete the Waikato College.- i13 ;ihat ease the church Will inveSti■gate British as= well as American sourees- of isupply.