HOROWHENUA POWER BOARD.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XLVIII, Issue 3633, 3 May 1927, Page 3

HOROWHENUA POWER BOARD.

APRIL MEETING.

The monthly meeting of the Horowhemia Power Board was held in Levin last week, there being present: Messrs G. A. Monk (chairman), D. W. Matheson, W. H. Gunning, A. J. Petherick, A. Seifert, T. G. Vincent, W. E. Barber, C.Kilsby, P. W. Goldsmith (secretary) and J. A. Smith (engineer). Notification was received of the election unopposed of Mr. Robert Bryant, of Foxton, to represent the Foxton Borough on the Board; and of the re-election unopposed of Mr. W. 11. Gunning to represent the Shannon Borough..

Mr. Bryant was unable to be present, and was granted leave of absence.

LOANS BOARD

The Minister of Finance notified the Board of the coming into operation, on April Ist, of the Local Government Loans Board Act, 1926. Under the provisions of this measure, any local body intending to borrow money otherwise than in anticipation of its revenue, must submit an application to the Local Board’s Loans Board.

The secretary stated that the communication did not appear to apply to this Board, as it already had authority to borrow up to £260,000. The letter was received.

AUDITED BALANCE-SHEETS. The balance-sheets of the Board for the two years ended March 31 st, 1926, were received, with the necessary certificates, from the Audit Office.

The chairman said it was very satisfactory to note that the bal-ance-sheets had been received from the Audit Office without any tag, especially when it was considered that the Board’s officials were handling new work from the accountancy point of view. ■ It was hoped to have the balance-sheet to March 31st, 1927, audited as soon as possible; he understood that the receipts side had already been attended to.

The treasurer reported that accounts presented for payment totalled £962 2s 9d. ENGINEER’S REPORT.

The Engineer reported as follows for the period covered since the previous meeting:— Number one gang have run 24 services, erected 63. poles, and run 704 chains of wire; have erected one substation and doubled up l.t. from Waikanae Beach Road south; have run extra phrases Manakau, and Rangiuru Beach, erected poles and run wire to Corlnettis’ Manakau South Road; cut trees on .southern circuit and Levin-Foxton; attended to maintenance on account of storm on 20th and 21st March.

Number three gang have ran four services, erected six poles, and run 120 chains of wire, have erected two lamps at the Manawatu River punt; erected one 11,000 volt line switch; cut trees on the Foxton circuit and examined poles; attended to general maintenance and Shannon sub-station.

Electrical fitters have run 18 services, erected eight poles, and run 68 chains of wirej'[erected six street lamps in Levin, altered the position of one lamp in Levin and one in Foxton; have changed transformers, Lady’s Mile, Poroutawhoa, Kimberley Road, Dalzell’s mill, Kuku, and erected one transformer at Paekakariki; re-conditioned four and dried o.ut seven transformers, strengthened Otaki sub platform and attended to general maintenance.

ANALYSIS OF CONNECTED LOAD.

The following figures show the totals of connected load in the Board’s district to % April 20th:—k.w. Lighting 797 No. Total h.p. Industrial Motors 205 2383 Milking Motors 333 502 Heating and iron points 2504 1734 Ranges 251 1560 Water-heaters 464 297 Connected Applns. Consumers 2602 2634 Total connected k.w. 6432

The chairman remarked that there was still a growth in the load, and the Board had to expect that. Their maintenance, he thought, was being kept up well, with a periodical survey and attention to lines and transformers. The report was adopted.