MARLBOROUGH NEWS

Press, Volume LXXII, Issue 21813, 19 June 1936, Page 20

MARLBOROUGH NEWS

ELECTRIC POWER FOR OUTER AREAS >

BOARD TO RECEIVE REPOtf AT NEXT MEETING [THK PUSS Special Service.] BLENHEIM, June 1& The monthly meeting of ths'UatlC borough Electric Power Board wjig held with Mr H. J. Stace presiding A motion of sympathy with thews* tives of Mr' George Boyce waa’ctei’ . ried. " ' Alc'> | The report of the manager-engtoaßt’ I (Mr G. F. McLean) disclosed that standby plant was required the month for 126 hours, ■ water shortage. Twenty near ’capt sumers were connected up during period, the total now being 2919; Sgl 16 motors were installed, maldra#. total of 928, with a connected ttfMS load of 1882 horse-power. Fiftyffinspections were made, the total reinspections to date being 1600. Ow were nine tenders received forawildl gear fear the new standby plant ji Springlands, that of Cory-WrifK and Salmon. Ltd.’s at £MI being accepted. For additional street lighting, Turnbull and Jones's tender of £lO7 for a new transformer inf accepted. Mr McLean said the proposal toHak up country areas at present not ap* plied with power would be presented' at the next meeting. He said thai at* least 120 miles of line would be qurred, in which case the estimate at £50,000 to complete the work, which was mentioned at last board meeting, would be exceeded. Last Fruit Season A review of the last fruit aeasad for the Marlborough district, by -Mf D. J. Hogg, orchard instructor loir’Bte district, discloses that the number w apples exported from Marlborough . during the last season was 215 caste fewer than the previous season, tat there had been a record season for pears, the increase being 977 case* Weather had been very favourable for the production of good fruit ; The' rainfall had been more fbn average, and well distributed throughout the season; nevertheless the fnrit on the whole, had not been quite®; to the usual standard. Crops at:Oom Orange and Dunns had Been JwF' light, but most other varieties I*K been average to heavy. The png, crop had been heavier than usuaLMß the quality was quite up to stanajljtStone fruit had been generally nlWfe-. age to heavy, but because of ' w weather, brown rot had taken a MO? heavy toll. Crops of apricots ijgplums had been under the avfflf in quantity. The total amount of ttte exported had been 48,726 cases; ftwhich 47.157 were apples, and HPt pears. Apples showed a decrease*# 215 cases, and pears an increase m 977.

Seven-»-side Rugby ; * A seven-a-side Rugby tournament to be held on the King’s Birth*?* for which 45 nominations have bW received. The teams are 10 utnffi. 14 junior, 12 third grade, and tsm fourth-grade. Play is to begin P Lansdowne Park at 10 a.m.

Scouring of Wool At a meeting of the Marlborough Sheep Owner’s Union strong eXCBp* tion was taken by members to proposal of the Canterbury Wow* scourers’ Trade Union that a certain proportion of New Zealand’s wo® clip each year should be comp®* sorily scoured. The meeting deepen to - urge the federation executive it intended to oppose the scheme Bf all means in its power. *