AUCKLAND'S ELECTRICITY.

Auckland Star, Volume LVIII, Issue 210, 6 September 1927, Page 8

AUCKLAND'S ELECTRICITY.

MEETING OF THE BOARD, g Toe Auckland Power Board mst f» terday afternoon, Mr. W. J. rtiiHmrt presiding. The general manager (Mr. t. % Bartley) reported that in Uμ irtwi Uw service gangs connected tmm uaavground and two overhead serrkss, sat erected twelve poles aad 11,706 yaJ*«f cable. Work bad lwn completed mtkt high tension underground cable acrs» Trafalgar Street, Onebunga. Oβ «h Penrose cables, a 509 yd section «f til trench had been opened in Orakd 10l and a length of 350 yds completed. M St. Heliers Bay work had bsea «stt> pleted in Ma««ey Road aad Watasfcy Road, and tic jrang hid bwea sktftal*t Mission Bay, where cable was Wsf ts» out in Rs.uma.ti Road. The ilnagii iia from direct to alternatasc currest Is Haisey Avenue aad Ranf uriy Issi Ist been completed, and 11 poles and * air break switch had been ersctai k Market Road for the new high tSMMh line. Reinforcement of the Uass to Walker Road area, Pt. Caetmliar, W been completed, while the lias h Federal Street bad been rebuilt.

Grey Lyaa Keticmlariam. "I am not going to suyport aay ■*■* of Utew application* unless taiy an going to be payabU strajsM aMJ? «aid Mr. M. J. Bennett, whe n> Suburban Homes and IsvestSMatOs Ltd.. «-rote requesting the mUuisW of the Westmere Park Fi lii niiSM m Sunnjbrae estates, Grey Ljßft. The general maaaser layurtaf •■* the cost involved in ti* wtiwilsriw—l £650, aad at present there wm mt two bouses on U» estate. Tat m+ pany, however, wanted to build *"*■£ houses on the estate. He twommmm that U>e exteawon be made, ara aM| V a guarantee of £58 per annum was ■•* until such time as enough fcoaaes *•» erected to make the rettculstioa amjsill By doing this the board wim *» following on the same made with many other owners af f* vate estates.

The recommendation ni aaoptal A section at Manurewa, banaj • frontage of 37ft and being • litth «■* one-auarter acre, «-a« offered *• •■ beard. The general manager eeH ■■ at the pre«eat time he it* no ■"'•J' any building of office* in Manttre«a,w> cutting arrangements with the !••• being sufficient. Tbe offer vu declined.