LEVIN BOROUGH COUNCIL

Horowhenua Chronicle, 22 August 1916, Page 3

LEVIN BOROUGH COUNCIL

r 'Ihe ilMiui meeting ni tile 1.0vv.1 L'ui ; ough Council was lioi.i in mo borough ! ciianiber.s evening. I lie ALvur, 1 : Air V. IJlenkhoin, presided, aa.l tiicre also were present: C'ouiifil'iirh .M. J''osella, li. -M. Merrick, S. .I• >i, ,J. lidijurt--o:i. A.. Dciiipsey. fl. B. France. GAS .MANAGER \S ! MCI'OH I. Tin; manager ol' tlio iinnic.pj! gas works I eporied for the mo III) (.! Juiy as i'oliov.s: There iis 11 <>111i!iu, ; pee;a' to injte during tin.' month o','u:i than the ge:,era] rouiine duties i 011:10 -tod \\ . 111 the undertaking generally. A t.i.r amount of gas litting wah carried out an I general maintenance • Iv attended to. The output tor the month sin wed an increase of 120,0(M> cubic toot over the corresponding period of last year. There lias been a slight increase generally in the price of mat"iials since the lust report, owing to the dis u-ganis-aiion of trade at the present time. With careful buying and economy the depal 11 has heen ahle to keep its t pi ices about normal. Several aoplica-; •ioiifi linve been received for a gas sup- ; l»Iv and tin will he completed shortly. ! The .stoker's lint'h and change room is , almost completed with the exception ' of indd" fillings, which will he attended lo immediately. The report was adopted.