POWER BOARD.

Press, Volume LXVI, Issue 19851, 12 February 1930, Page 7

POWER BOARD.

■ ——♦ . • ... SPRINGS-ELLESMBRE. v The monthly meeting of the Sprlngs-Elles-mere Electric Power Board was held at Leeston on Monday, when there were present: Messrs H. Neave (chairman), A; E. Langdale Hunt, B. H. Rowell. O. Maginness, and K. T. McMillan. The report of the engineer-secretary, Mr I. C. Vicary. stated that the Bales of current for January had totalled £1737 14s 5d (lighting £857 lis. heating £859 17a Bd. power £520 5s 9d). as against £1645 5s 5d for the corresponding month of last year. Four'new consumers" had been added, and seventeen additions made. The increase in. load was 37.675 . kilowatts: The installation work consisted of 23 lighting points, three i h.p. motors, one i h.p. motor, two heating points, two ranges, arid one -water-heater. In the Paparua area, eight new street light! had been erected at Hornby. The extension of the high tension line along the Main South road, Sockburn, had been proceeded with. Mr' Hunt reported having conferred with Mr Fowler, of Halkett, in reference to the cost of erecting a line to serve his place. An arrangement had been entered into under which a light line would be run .at a cost of £3O. _.'... The engineer was- authorised to proceed with the erection of a line to serve Rolleston when the necessary tuaranteoe were rf eelved. ' A request was received from the Post and Telegraph Department that certain alterations Should be made to lints on Day's road. The engineer said he had arranged to meet aaoffloer of the Department to discuss the suggested alterations. * ':.-- '■...-. With regard to an account against ' the Railway Department for running a line to serve the ganger's home- at Dunaandel, which the Department had it wan agreed that the chairman, -Jf» But, and the engineer should interview 1h» District Engineer of Railways as Ohrlttehnrefc.

• It-«*iVreael«e4 to hold a .special meeting to disrate the rates for current in the hopi of being able to bring about reductions. The financial statement cave the baleorr as follows :-*-Power fund, eredit £1361 .(' 8d; K«. S loan, .credit £83.12* 7d; No. :■ lean, credit £1604 IBs : M,« No. 4 l«»'' ercdH £1982 Oe 2d.