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Bay of Plenty Times, Volume LVIII, Issue 10212, 24 October 1929, Page 3

The Mayor's motion was then put and carried. Housewiring Department to be Abolished. The Electricity Committee, in their report, submitted t ; wo other clauses as follows: A proposal by the Engineer that the Council should close down tihe housewiring department was fully considered. Under this proposal the electricity department will confine itself to sale of electrioitf, showrooms and servicing only.—Resolved that the Counoil be recommended to close down the housewiring department at a date and in a- manner to be arranged subsequently. Tauranga Electric Power Board: Request by the Tauranga Electric Power Board that charges to flaxmills be considered under the j clause in the_, agreement providing for such matters. —Resolved that the Engineer visit Papamoa with Mr Broad. The Mayor said according to the books the housewiring department last year showed a deficit of £360. It was for the Council to consider the question. Afi the request of the Mayor, the engineer explained that servicing wa 3 quite different to house-wir-ing. It would be impossible to cut the servicing out, and it could be done by the inspector and an apprentice, but the inspector would not engage in any wiring of buildings. The Mayor moved—That the house-wiring department be abolished, and that the matter be referred to the engineer for action. —The Mayor also pointed out- that, the Council had to carry stocks in connection with house-wiring. # Cr Whiting seconded the motion. The Mayor, in reply to Cr Newsham, said tie proposal, if carried, would mean reducing the staff. Cr Newsham was not, in favour of the proposal in view of the decision to increase the accommodation for the electricity department. Cr Tanner said the Council had not received anv report _a s to the loss spoken of that evening. He did not think it was the right thins: to do away with the housewiring department;. Mr Boak said various Power Boards had gone out of the housewiring business. Cr Ivory supported the motion. The house-wiring department had been a losing proposition. It was a wise thing for the Council not to compete with private people. The change was overdue, and there were men who would compete for the house-wiring work. The Mayor explained That the house-tfirmg department had been running at a loss for some yearß. The motion was put and carried. Crs Tanner and Newsham asked that their votes be recorded against th« motiott. , „ , , In speaking to the final clause in ihc F.lectricitv Committee's report the Mayor said there was a clause in the agreement with the- Power Board in nearard r<> what was fcerm«H the industrial load. The flaxmillers wew n.-king for a- reduction ?n th» nrio df current, and the Tnuranga Electric .Power Board had com-niimieafH with the < ottniHl whn weuld have to he. advised l w ' thfli'- engineer He movedThat fb«. clause he ark>nr«T-. Th" ni<>tiu«n wa« «ocopde'l i>v <->" Stuart and carried.