WAITOMO POWER BOARD

Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 617, 20 March 1929, Page 10

WAITOMO POWER BOARD

NEW OFFICES COMPLETED The supervisor of the Waitomo I’uw er Board’s building undertakings, Mr. S. Cook, reported to the board yesterday that, with the exception of a few minor details, the board's new offices at 'i’e Kuiti were completed, and would be ready for occupation before the end ofthe present month. The Otorohanga oftic-e would also be completed in a few days, and would be ready for use by the end of the month. It was decided that no official opening should be held. hut that an opportunity should oe given the public to inspect the building. Mr. J. Boddie raised the question of the charge of 6d a month for fuse maintenance and inspection. Seeing that this charge had been instituted on account of the board's flnanical position some time ago, and that improvements in this connection were now apparent. Mr. Boddie thought the charge should be discontinued. After some discussion it was decided that the charge be continued, as it was thought by several members that the charge was reasonable. Mr. Blackman contended that the Government’s charges for power should he on a graduated scale, and suggested that a remit embodying this should be framed by’ the Waitomo Board for submission to the forthcoming Power Boards' Conference. The chairman, Mr. W. A. Dee, endorsed Mr. Blackman’s remarks, stating that the board should be charged on the total amount used. It was paydng £lO for the first 200 k.v.a. and £S for the next k.v.a. The total amount being used was 3GO k.v.a., averaging £9 10s a 100, whereas large boards consuming a very much greater amount of current were charged an average of £8 ss. It was decided that a remit on the lines suggested be forwarded.