NEW POWER LINES
CONSIGNMENT OP POLBi TT'l't The hardwood poles by the s.s. Titoki are for fluS? 5 tion to different parts of the rT ranga Electric-power Board's dlihw A quantity are being rail to Alhenree to be used onhp slons of the power line there i other consignment sent Omokoroa railway station.' used in extending the power to 42* kamarama, and a third is being dispatched by rail.to ru to be used in the extension of jT service line at Maungarangl, balance of the poles are befe. posited in the Board’s depot in g-Jr Street. The quality of the poles i a cargo are much better than la previous lots, said the Bimj? engineer, Mr Bongard. In vious cargo as many as poles were rejected. The coaty? of the contract to supply the provides that the timber must *25 from hard strong ridges—that ]W flat and sheltered country deriS, a softer wood with much San consequently shorter life. • “ The poles are urgently reqfoy for extensions, and a load wsa’fafe to Papamoa early this moiafir where workmen are waiting to the line which is expected to be k ished to-day. The supply 0 t nk for the extension of the powerqjk to the Banks Settlement at thaifjg!' wil be made from the Board's tain Spring Street. A further cargo of hardwood Mi. is expected from Grafton, New Soslfc Wales, next month. 1 - Jp
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Bay of Plenty Times, Volume LX, Issue 11202, 26 August 1933, Page 2
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