Vanishing toby covers
The problem of the vanishing tobys was discussed at this month's meeting of the Waiouru Community Advisory Committee. These valves for controlling water supply both to individual houses and residential areas are set in the ground and covered by metal plates. They are known as toby boxes. For some reason or other the flat round metal plates covering the larger tobys appeared to have an attraction for 'toby-cover collectors' ("some disappear within hours of being installed") but, when removed, leave large holes in the ground which are a hazard to unwary pedestrians. The committee decided to investigate the possibljty of attaching these toby cover plates more securely as a safety measure.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/WAIBUL19830823.2.14.1
Bibliographic details
Waimarino Bulletin, Volume 1, Issue 12, 23 August 1983, Page 4
Word Count
114Vanishing toby covers Waimarino Bulletin, Volume 1, Issue 12, 23 August 1983, Page 4
Using This Item
Ruapehu Media Ltd is the copyright owner for the Waimarino Bulletin. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International licence (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Ruapehu Media Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in