WEST COAST NOTES

Press, Volume LXIV, Issue 19212, 19 January 1928, Page 5

WEST COAST NOTES

FIRES. GBEYMOUTH, January 18. 8 t Bunanga, occupied by Meat Supply Company, lb 7d by Mr E.Noble, was totally fire at about midnight on if troyed b). fir r e cflectio n of the flames Monday- Bunanga was P l3lll '>' fn tie sky over m lt a3 Tisib le J? t thJ glare was caused by tioogbt that wh . ch are raging all over lie bD . .. ijhore wos a small mIncfon ihe property. The cause of g?outbreak road V fires along tQ the aft f7a°rea that the brigade was to safeguard the property. , Grey Power Board. PoWCr BO&rcl ITICt . .The Grey B^J^ Messr s j. w. {his evening- P j_ O'Brien, G. Gree* ( c Xggan;j. B. Kent, J. pdd«lrom, H' w , Clayton, and goe&ton," (« with the Jubilee n -was' resolved to accede to ffth)- I', , h arrangements to be '"iKirman said that on a previous - ,Th - -the Board had made a very wc "i°L diirolay in a pageant with a tredita " b «tio7of He thought j-epresentati for the Board it wonla "0J" 8 d i sp iay in the Empire decided to purchase copies Al Tnb li-e souvenir booklets for disBo 8 rds ; repor( . lh&t filar the lines had been eaus&Sle anxiety, but so far no apdamage had occurred. 'Power Board Schemes.

• 'There were' some lively moments at JG re y ; Electric Power Board's meet- . .£ Evening, when a special report . !?Litted by the engineer on the ques- ' 'lt of increas the Board's supply '- Report the 6 engineer stated that i, rte coming winter the overlapping in the late afternoon ■UnM Assuming there were no addiin the meantime, see the present S running in the neighbourhood of 'acity; Even with some mampuIKfthe load, additional demands the Board's supply ; were antici- ■ necessitating a plant capable of Sine 2500 kilowatts continuously ffffinaj full rated load conditions if tie generating end of the transmis- ' - With the additional power re'"iiiiied there were three alternatives left to''the Board (1): Install another '.feam turbine unit , with boiler and VtiTiliiiries.': put ;a steam ring_ m the 'toiler room, fit .in. an; economiser and .Wove the condensing arrangements; m bay power in bulk at Government Utes and build a bus tie transmission Uine with-'transformers and switch gear J at Dobsdn. running the steam plant in WalloV'With the" water plant; (3) the 'Board' tft-MMtruct its own hydro-elec->'tric one of the sites available -nang the present steam plant as nf rioaing it down altogether, •y ateeiperience, it was found that wm not required, and.there ■vraa iwr'ieaVKaßon why one should be would take two years to " put a water-Dower. plant into commercial opWion. , . ■ t (Mr W. Greenslade) f?iOTedpiife.tW'.report be received, 'j&k jnakjn bguig carried. Continuing, fit jffd~ l that the engineer had fipsde iflvestigaftonß last Friday v.'ith jegard", to the possibilities of owing to its low that.river was out of the ques- >• #?on. The' Arnold river was very low, th&e ffas.plenty of water in it. liobiuson said the trouble with Iv. Arnold was the cost. Besides, the • . ™rd'wae likely to be faced with the . • jfevy.compensation expenses from private property owners. i miir 0; Uddstrom said that lie did not .jpiiik ithere • would be any trouble recosts. Unless inajwtigations were, completed, tho conpaid to Messrs Vickerman : would be wasted. . Those rjtjgmeaa required information of the the rivers when low. t-Mx J>~B. Kent said' that if the Board • the. advice of the engineers «he >st|am plant would have to be • yrapp&d/ jkTho/ehairaan said that the figures -|njplied.to Meßsrs Vickerman and Lan- . •«jter|fere erroneous, and were thoupounds out.' 'ii.Mr font: That makes the argument jO favour .of the hydro scheme all the . ■ * ' |! Mr O'Brien: I want to have a say the'solution. of what is the best ; ! A®ieme, 'independent /of 'the engineers. V-Jfe Have had so. many reports that I'm . sick of them. ?l&;TJddatrora, here.. put in another Wd -for the Arnold scheme.

Mr Smeaton: If you are not too oneMr TJddstrom, you 11 keep quiet. ' Continuing, -Mr- Smeaton said lie rather, take - the advice of. the 'wtal engineers than any of the im•Jotted ones.

* "Now, Mr Uddstrom, you can fire "ray,", said Mr. Smeaton, ".but I'm rnt taking your word regarding the Arnold scheine."' iMr Kent: I have every faith in : Messrs Yickcrmanand Lancaster, and .jfotild like a further report from those .gentlemen. , Their figures were not Wong, but,.were those which were supm by the Board. jMr Kent -then : moved that a subJoiumUeeiof. three members be set up act in conjunction with the engineer Wa secretary, with power to call in , *essrs ,Viekennan and Lancaster to ' .their reports as offered. L, • motion was carried, and the Messrs ..O'Brien and' Kent r" e appointed. a sub-committee. »i . "ddstrom: I would like to be on r?' committee. •Mr Smeaton: You are just the man f to,see on it. jrUt W; Clayton; then moved that the lldclstrom be added to the 'i *°]*coßmuftee. 4 was seconded by Mr said that he had no obUddstrom, but that niu ?' wuW not see anything but scheme. strongly objected to Mr remarks. thought there was no Mr'Uddstrom feeling, so in•"lwEt are like ly to be nuobsessed with, some pet »said. < cross-fire of words iP-sEp* * chairman put the meeting that Mr Udd•'l®*? 0 ® be added. Tlie motion *Messrs O'Brien and " Renting.

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