HAMILTON WATER SUPPLY

Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 411, 20 July 1928, Page 2

HAMILTON WATER SUPPLY

MAYOR DISCUSSES NEW SCHEME The need for a better water supply svsteni for Hamilton was emphasised by the Mayor, Mr. J. K. Fow, in an address to the Hamilton Rotary Club. Since the completion of the Arapuni dam, the water supply in Hamilton had presented a problem to the borough council, said the Mayor. As a result of the trouble experienced the engineer had been instructed to prepare a plan to ensure a pure and adequate supply, with sufficient pressure. It was costing: £2S a day extra to partl> clarify the water. It was the aim of the present council to place before the ratepayers a scheme that would provide pure water for the home, sufficient pressure for fire-fighting, and a storage capacity that would make restrictions unnecessary. DARGAVILLE BAND CONCERTS SUNDAY PICTURES OPPOSED An application for permission to screen a picture in connection with the .North Auckland Regimental Band's Sunday evening concerts caused soiy discussion when it came before the Dargivalle Borough Council on Wednesday evening. The matter had been considered by the Legal and !• inance Commitee, who recommended that permission be granted providing that no set charge was made and that the concerts would not start until after 8.15 p.m., also that the pictures to be screened were to be submitted to the council and approved by them. Cr. A. Barlass stated that he had heard a number of protests against the proposal. He moved that the matter be referred back to the Legal and Finance Committee and brought up for consideration by the council in a month. This was seconded by Cr. B. P. Sundberg and carried. A letter was read from the Dargaville School Committee strongly protesting against screening pictures on Sunday nights. The subject will come up again at the next meeting of the council, but the prospects of permission being granted seem to have only a remote chance. While trying to prevent a railway carriage door from slamming at Dargaville, a local fireman, Arthur Smith, broke one of the glass panels with his left hand, and received a nasty gash on his wrist. He received medical attention. Recently elected to a seat on the Dargaville Borough Council, Cr. B. Berry was last night sworn-in. On behalf of the Mayor, Mr. F. A. Jones behalf of the council the Mayor, Mr. F. A. Jones, heartily welcomed Cr. Berry to the council table and congratulated him on his election. He said that the town was fortunate in being able to secure the services of one of its younger businessmen. Cr. Berry suitably replied, and he was later appointed a member of the Waterworks Committee. PULVERISED COAL. —The first British cargo vessel to carry plant for burning pulverised coal as fuel is to be equipped on the Tyne by Messrs. Clarke, Chapman and Co.. Gateshead, for the Blue Star Line. The need for a special boiler has been overcome, and an ordinary boiler is to be used. The coal usually costs about half the price of bunker coal. LARGE DIESEL ELECTRIC SHIP - The Brunswick, which was launched last month from Scott’s yard, will be the largest Diesel electric British-built ship, (says the ''Motor-ship”). She is for the Atlantic Refining Company, Philadelphia.. and is 496 feet long .with a beam of 63 feet, a depth of 36 feet 9 inches, and a gross tonnage of .200. The deadweight capacity is 12,500 tons of light oil. The generating plant comprises four 600-kilowatt generators, driven by singleacting Carels-lngersoll Rand airless injection Diesel motors, running at 225 revolutions a minute. Each develops 750-b.h.p. in six cylinders, 19i inches in diameter, with a piston stroke of 24 inches. The dynamos operate at 250 volts, and are arranged in series, so that the propelling motor takes current at 1.000 volts. It is of 2,800-b.h.p. when running at 95 revolutions a minute, and can be controlled entirely from the bridge. Three electrically driven cargo oil pumps, each coupled to an SO-h.p. motor, are installed, the electric motors being fitted in the engineroom. A waste heat boiler operating at 251 b a square inch provides steam for heating. There is no funnel, but the exhaust from each of the four engines is taken separately, and all are grouped in line athwartships with the boiler funnel. All the electrical generating and transmission installation is to be supplied by the British ThomsonHoustan Co. A Sperry compass is fitted.