CONCRETE POLES

Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 101, 15 May 1937, Page 6

CONCRETE POLES

Central H-B. Power Board Making Its Own SAVING IN COST A aovr industry li&* been born in H&vrke's Bay which is likely to have ^f&r-reaching effects in New Zealand — the mmufacture of concrefce poles by ^he * Central Hawke's Bay Hlectric Power Board to take the place -of ironbarjc posts imported fro'm Australia naed to oarry electrio supply in various paris of the board' g extensiv© area. Tbe significant point is tbafc the polea can b* ipanufactured at a cbeaper rate ♦Ha* ' tho Attatralian wooden polea can ;be -jmported ,for. "Itrja my belief that in the years to eomee&er power bdards of New Zea*igjOd will bo purchasing concrete polea ffpjn ua/' said the chairman of the QpO&ral JIaw;ke'a Bay Electric Power Bgud, Mr. .A, C. Russell, at yester'The polea are wellme£W .i^^Mvractiye' and will stand the They work out at 5d a 'l^cfceapr thaii tboae we have been ge&ing from Australia." * board haa eatabliahed a well•|»PP®d xnanufacturijig worka, and 'ianwdy this new aecondary industry |* heoocoing well-known throughout Iho^Dotninion. Aft$reaeat the board haa aome 16,000 j^poAn. poles in uae, and, as these re{■ttira rejiUciog, ooncrete poles will be tatcfL, By thie- procesa much money is pa Hawke's Bay which tfl'|7jiij^\aniill finil'ilf way across the ^yww— ». Another important feajure Pm industry ^ i« that ernploy^r* wteg ouh'd for « number of