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Press, Volume LXXV, Issue 22801, 29 August 1939, Page 6

BULK SUPPLY CHARGES

CHANGE SUPPORTED BY POWER BOARD

A. change in the basis of charging for bulk supply on the part of the Public Works Department was supported by the Waitaki Electric Power Board at its monthly meeting yesterday morning. The change was advocated in resolutions forwarded from the Central Hawke’s Bay Power Board, which also submitted a remit to be considered at the conference of the supply authorities next month urging a reduction in the bulk charges to assist sparsely populated areas. The board approved the support of the remit. The chairman (Mr James McDiarmid) presided. The terms of a clause concerning the amalgamation of power boards and municipal electric supply associations, which was forwarded from the Power Boards*. Association, were approved. The clause provided for terms of arbitration in the event of disputes between members. A report of a meeting with the Import Selection Board to discuss the import restrictions was also received from the Power Boards’ Association. The letter stated that the board had now a much better idea than previously of the difficulties and losses facing the electrical industry because of the import restrictions, and that future claims for licences would be reviewed in a more informed light. The board decided to grant £2 2s to the Children’s Rest Home, Dunedin. A grant of £3 3s was made to the Oamaru Sailors’ Rest.

OAMARU ROTARY CLUB

ANNUAL MEETING HELD

A successful year was reported at the annual meeting of the Oamaru Rotary Club yesterday afternoon, when the president (Mr E. F. Armstrong) presided over a good attendance. The club’s fourteenth annual report showed a decrease in membership of three, and an improved financial position. The club had continued to take its share of community service, its chief activity during the year being the formation of an Oamaru branch -of the Dominion Settlement Association. Other work included the organisation of the sale of basketware at the North Otago show for the New Zealand Institute for the Blind.

The election of officers resulted:— President, Mr E. A. Fox; vice-presi-dent, Mr A. R. Tait; directors, Messrs R. K. Ireland, J. Simpson, John Tait, and C. F. Jones; honorary treasurer, Mr M, H. R. Jones; honorary auditor, Mr J. M. Wilson; secretary, Mr D, V. G. Smith. ®