HOROWHENUA POWER BOARD.

Shannon News, 21 November 1924, Page 2

HOROWHENUA POWER BOARD.

MONTHLY MEETING. The monthly meeting of the Horowhenuia Power Board was field in the Borough. Chambers on Tuesday, the chairman (Mr G. A. Monk) presiding. Also present Messrs Brown, Kilsby, Gunning, -Matheson, Seiiert, Boss and uunjef. Leave or ausenoe was granvw uo Mr A." Mackay. * COHiHBaiPoi'JDENCE. The Board's solicitors forwarded a draft of preposed lighting agreement wi/.h ttoe. various uoroughs taking light from tlie Boaiu.—liie agreement was approved. ■nu 1-ixEE POWER TO BE GRANTED. Mr H. B. Walker, the Board's Construction loreman, wrote in reference to his bill tor 'power supplied, asking if it wajs the intention that tne , Board's oaicers li\mg m houses belonging to thq Board should pay lor. fight. ' The chairman said that there should be no hesitation on the Board's part in regard to this matter. The Boaru was not in a position to., give any elec* tricity awav. If this were sitarted, they did not know, where it would end. Rather the Board should, if they considered it necessary, increase the foreman's salary. M the Engineer recommendd that this should be done, then the Board could consider it. until then they could do nothing. No action was taken. ACCOUNTS FOR PAYMENT. Accounts totalling £2091 8s 2d were passed (for payment. . GENERAL. In answer to Mr Barber the Engineer stated that in ail probability, a. large proportion of the Fqxton Beach § township would be reticulated in time for Christmas. The contracts . would be let in a lew days and it would then depend on tale - expedition of the contractors.