FUTURE PROGRESS OF BOARD

Bay of Plenty Times, Volume LXXIV, Issue 14074, 31 May 1946, Page 2

FUTURE PROGRESS OF BOARD

electricity t IN hiSTßicj

r ■ • r Loa " Propo sa | l Piscussed rose Approaching' p oil Q Ratepayers

Reference to (tL V , Tauranga Electric p 0 ' %t, sought authority Boar(1 for Permission ? ll ' e Iv 101 fl,n ber reticulati on :!, ; d f 01 ‘ Purpose YS wlnm required and a i s l k \ woi kshop and the Puft] a(lliit i4 control equipment menu made by the chairman "v® 4, * Baron) i n his annual ,• meeting of the Board day. ‘ ° a .

The chairman states a the H was foun/n!?** purchase a dwelling at ■ to authorise the erection dnional one in order to n! !| commodation for the employees in that ar ea w, 115 U.e purchase was maie h the Proceeds of the sale, „ property. %

. “ As oCcasioll demands, conca tiou Will he given to other r hut the policy of m e centralise to the utmost i D conditions allow of, Mthom faring with., the efficiency ofth " vices which our area calls ed Mr Baron. ' ■

“The Power Board’s Act ■- authority for a power board money on loan for reticuialion •” poses only without a vote oh ratepayers, but where i, lon . k buildings is required it jsqj lo submit to a vote of ih e ral W ers. Therefore, a loan proposal * bo placed before the ■the appropriate time.”

Reference to the question o' centralisation was made by Jh Tuck, who explained that alttup certain centres required a m amount of plant, at the samelii he would not like the money Sf there when it was more nrjn required at headquarters. Hi;

The chairman said that that Wi question decided by the board ho time to time. He did not hi that there was any inclination to centralise. He did k Mw ;i was any move to this, , effect i thought the idea was to centra! 1 as much as possible. There ni intention of'moving out unlesst ■conditions called, for it.

Mr Baron said that he, persons! would be against setting up brass es here, there and everywhere. “This is only heralding oiir i sion,” declared the chairman «1 .referring to the loan proposal, added that the board would have go and put tlie erfee to, the ralepi ers. 1 '

Mr G. T. Wilson: Will we get, hefere Uie'TTarbmfi I ''Bo'ard puttl

case up?

“We are not going to be mixed i in that,” declared -Mr Baron. 5 added that that was a different[l

position

A statement that there were! ing to be huge amounts of It moneys asked for in the ncil.fi years was made by Mr C. Keand He explained that in those responsible wanted n,W for an aerodrome and tvere fii* down buildings to. this end. H board should pursue the pe* The secretary (Mr kR. ® bens)* replied that the I'WM pursuing the question of® The application was in P l 5! before the Loans Board and# w as returned then the board cot pursue the subject fur then Mr Kennedy felt that. t eic ; not much doubt .about it M .people would it were properly put. The * wanted progress. . - _