PENINSULA POWER BOARD.

Press, Volume LVI, Issue 16817, 24 April 1920, Page 12

PENINSULA POWER BOARD.

<> Tlie Banks Peninsula. Power Board mot at Duvauchcile, when thero were prc-scnt —Messrs A, Goodwin (chairman), J. D. Brec?. F. Davis. J. E. Elcn-.ing. .T. Chapman, W. I'. Parkinson, J. R. Thaob^r. 'J'ho ehairtnan reported tirat. in respect to noles for the main diFtributin? lines, Mr Chapman and bo bad visited various jjijra jilanlations or. the Peninsula. In many of the bays there were frumr, or other hard woods that would do admirably for poles. In addition to thi~, there wero some 50f> Australian hardwood po;es shortly to delivered at Lytteiton. Tha ch.airman further renortcd that, as the Beard bad, as yet, no finances to work upon, it had been necessary to obtain a number of Peninsua men to act as guarantors in respcct to the payment i'or poles and other supplies. So/ tor 21, out of 21 guarantors required,'had consented to act. After some discussion, the chairman and Mr Tbacker were empowered, to purchase 1200 poie-s for the main lines, and to obtain present jniirket -rates o; Australian hardwoods with a view of extending the purchase. The chairmen stated that the electrical engineer in charge of the Peninsula extension would return to Mew Zealand on 31'av lat. After that ho trusted matters would proceed rapidly.