One of the leading builders on the North Shore says tfiat he is astounded at the number of house’ n which defective wiring bag been found, and be knew of cases where 'he woodwork near the switches had been charred tsars the Auckland "Star”) Quite a number of bouses had bad very narrow escapes from being burnt down, and this meant that -'n some cases the yhole of the electric wiring had to bo renewed some of which had not been in longer than six years. He was glad -to aay that the system of inspection adopted by the Power Board was very thorough, and strict supervision was being exercised over all installations being put in.
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Dominion, Volume 20, Issue 59, 3 December 1926, Page 6
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