HOROWHENUA POWER BOARD.

Shannon News, 19 June 1925, Page 2

HOROWHENUA POWER BOARD.

MUNTHLY*MEETING. Tlie Hui jwlienua Rower Board met this morning. The chairman (Mr G. A. Moiikj presided and'Messrs D. W. .mum mu, \V. H. Gunning, A. J. Macxuy, Kiisby, W. Barber, and A. A. weie also present. EM AN US FUR POWER.

- lii ; >'• W. Brown, Foxton, wrote enquiring when the Board was going to instai the electric light at Moutoa, as he anti others would have to get new engines if the lighting was not going tq i_e put in.

The Engineer said he had looked over the entails and the proposed in* stallation was quite a good one and should be put in as soon as possible. There we.e quite a number of projaoie consumers. Mr Bauer said the people in the locality thought they would not get the power for six months, but if they were given an assurance that they would get it within a reasonable time .1 would ;.:e alright. The application was referred to the Engineer and Mr Barber to make arrangements with the applicants. Messrs Croad, Easton, Alexandra and Kars, of Tokomaru, wrote asking whether ihey could rely on having power available before July 14.—Engineer to see applicants. T he Foxton Borough Council wrote stating they had decided to take power from ihe Board at the Town Hall and asked that the work of installation be begun on Thursday next.— The Engineer reported that this had aeon gone on with. POWE i FOR METAL CRUSHER. The County Engineer wrote accepting the Board’s rate for supplying power for the County crushing plant. The rate is to. apply to the 42 h.p slip ring motor and a 25 h.p. slip ring motor. The high rate between 7.30 a.m. and 5 p.m. was 2d per unit for the first 22,000 units per quarter, thereafter lfd per unit. The low rate between the hours of 7 p.m. and 5 a.m. was per unit. SECOND YEAR’S INTEREST. The Under-Secretary for Public Works wrote stating that the Minister had agreed to the Board capitalising the second year’s interest and sinking fund on portion of the the loan amounting to £40,000. .The Minister, however, was not generally satisfied of the real necessity for Power Boards who are merely reticulating to raise money more than one year in advance of the time that such money is to be expended on wages and material, and thereby become revenue earning, and that approval in similar circumstances in future cannot be given.

The secretary said the request was at first refused, and in writing again he had assured the Department that the Board did not desire to capitalise £5 more than was absolutely necessary in the interests of the districts. CASH COMING IN. The Treasurer reported that from April 1 to June 13, a sum of £5837 in cash had been received by the Board., these being credited as follows: Loan fund, installations £2460, service lines £230. Power fund, electricity £2466, meter rents £Bl, motors, ranges, etc., £SQO. This showed that the money was beginning to come in. Mr Barber said the people generously were appreciating the convenience of the light and power.

ELECTRIC RANGE FOR OTAKI SCHOOL. The Secretary said Miss Thorpe, instructress in cooking under the Wellington Education Board, was very anxious to have an electric range installed in the Otaki School, where she gave instruction to probably tOft pupils from Manakau to Paekakariki. The Board had already agreed to supply a range at half cost at the Levin School, but the Education Board had refused the offer. There was now a letter from the Education Board asking for a quotation fo.r the supply and installation of an electric range at Otaki school. Mr Monk said the range would serve the same purposel at Otaki as at Levin and they should give the same concession tnat was offered ,at Levin. Mr Matheson said it was a good proposition so far as the Board was concerned. Mr Kilsby said a range in die school was a good advertising proposition where so many children were being taught. it was agreed to offer a range at half cost. CON TIN UOU 6 COMMUNICATION. Mr Brown suggested the advisability of arranging with tliE postmasters iii the different centres to communicate with the Board’s inspectors in cases of a break-down when the telephone office was closed, inconvenience was caused in country districts through difficulty in getting through to the Board’s officers. After discussion it was decided to endeavour to arrange with some telephone subscriber in each outlying centre to be connected continuously, this being left to the Engineer to attend to.