ELECTRICITY IN COUNTRY.

Auckland Star, Volume LVIII, Issue 184, 6 August 1927, Page 10

ELECTRICITY IN COUNTRY.

BAT OF PLENTY BOARD.

REMARKABLE PROGRESS

(From Our Own Correspondent.)

OPOTIKI, Friday.

The Bay of Plenty Power Board met yesterday, Mr. H. R. Hogg presiding over a full attendance of members. The chairman reported that the board's work was still making great progress. About 1300 concrete poles were made, and had matured, and in the near future would be distributed over the board's area. The engineers reported that the result of the canvass to date was 224 domestic installations, 150 milking plant motors, 172 water heaters, and 82 ranges. The total number of lighting and heating points was 1399. These figures represented a guarantee of £7902 per annum, and indicated that the exceptional results achieved in the past were still being maintained. A letter was received from the agents of a British motor truck, taking exception to the board's attitude in buying a more expensive American truck. The secretary was instructed to notify the writers that the board had purchased the American machine on the recommendation of its consulting engineers. After the meeting members of the Board witnessed a demonstration by the truck, which is equipped with a. special winch for hauling and lifting concrete poles. A demonstration was also witnessed of the hole boring machine, the only one of its kind in New Zealand. This machine, which was recently imported by the board, is being used for boring holes in the earth, into which the concrete poles are placed. The contrivance bored a six-foot hole, two feet wide, in five minutes, and is regarded as a great labour-saving and money-saving device. The cost of the machine was about £480.