VALLEY POWER BOARD.

Hauraki Plains Gazette, Volume XXXII, Issue 4326, 5 October 1921, Page 3

VALLEY POWER BOARD.

“MONTHLY MEETING. The monthly meeting of the Thames Valley Power Board was held yesterday. The members are : Messrs F. M.> Strange (chairman), F. E. Flatt, J. C. Miller, F. H. Claxton, P, Grace, J. Pohlen, J. Price,, J. W.. Anderson. J.. B. Thomas, J. Bell, C. A. Arthur, the secretary-manager,,, Mr •R. Sprague, and the engineers, Messrs Gauvain and McLeod; Apologies for absence were received from Messrs Bell and Flatt. SUPPLY OF POLES. Replying to an enquiry regarding timber for sale, the State Forest Service seated it would be inadvisable to cut silver pine ,and kawaka timber only, from Erua and H'oropito. The whole of the block should be tendered for, if any. A later communication advised that the timber could be tendered for in whole or in parti, but this modification, made after it was seen that no sale could be effected elsewhere, came too 'late, the Board having made arrangements elsewhere in the meantime. THAMES COUNTY FINANCE. The clerk of the Thames County Council (Mr H. T. G. McElroy) wrote asking if the Board could loan if £6OOO. for the period of 10 years.— Matter one for Public Trustee to deal with. SHOW EXHIBIT. . The Thames Valley A. and P. Association asked the Board to put in an exhibit at the Show. (Hauraki A and P. take note !)

The chairman .was favourably disposed, and thought it wbuld be a good advertisement.

Other members thought i< would be waste of the ratepayers’ money.

Mr Thomas moved that an exhibit be made where the show peoplb asked for such.

Mr Price seconded, adding that a demonstration also be. given at T.e Aroha. —Carried. ACCOUNT “CLEANED UP.”

Messrs P. R. Baillie and C 0.,, Wellington, acknowledged the Receipt of £3530 5s lOd, payment of’ account “This amount cleans up our outstanding accounts, with the exception of interest, which we presume you will deal with at an early date,” the letter coply concluded, ' VERY PLEASED INDEED !

The English Elfectric Co., Ltd., acknowledging the receipt of an order for forwarding balance of motors still standing to the Board’s order, said it had written to the head office in London, “who, no doubt, will' be very pleased' indeed to receive your confirmation on this matter in question. MOAN FROM MATAMATA. A Matamata resident wrote asking the Board £o send a man to inspect, an installation put in by an Auckland contractor. He stated that the contractor said the Board would make such inspection. It seemed, according to the statement by Mr Price, that there were defects in some of the installations. It was stressed by members that no contractor had a right to start any electrical installation until the same had been duly sanctioned by the Power Board. And after the work was dope the Board had to be notified to inspect the same before the current was available, People should not permit contractors -to proceed with such work until the Board’s per*mit was received,,, otherwise they were liable to be mulcted in extra costs before the job was up to the Board’s standard. , LOAN MONEY ON DEPOSIT. The Public Trustee advised acceptance of £200,000 of the Board’s £350,000 loan on deposit, at 4% per cent. £lO,OOO will be available to the Board monthly. The Trustee could not, however, guarantee that the money would be re-'loaned to public bodies in the Board’s district, though he would endeavour to do this.