DISTRICT JOTTINGS

Dominion, Volume 30, Issue 171, 16 April 1937, Page 6

DISTRICT JOTTINGS

Supply of Electricity to Makara NOT POSSIBLE AT LOWER CHARGE zl decision to advise the- Public Works Department that the board could not sup-. Ily power to the Makara county at a rate that would be lower than that charged in the board’s other reticulated areas was reached at the monthly meeting of the Hutt Valley Electric Power Board yesterday afternoon. Vehicles in Recreation Area. Motorists and cyclists taking their vehicles into the Petoue Recreation Ground recently have caused a certain amount of trouble. As this is an infringement of the by-law, the Petone Borough Council has been forced into issuing a warning, and it is intended to prosecute offenders in the future. Some cyclists, it is reported, make almost a habit of riding through tbe grounds. Electricity Consumers. Forty-'three new consumers were connected during the month of March, with a further 42 additions to existing installations, stated Mr. E. F. Hollands, engineer and general manager to the Hutt Valley Electric Power Board, in his report to the monthly meeting of the board yesterday afternoon. The totals for the year ended March 31, 1937, were: Consumers, 12,823 ; ranges installed, 2242; water heaters connected, 2012; connected load in k.w.. 51,768. Saturday Closing at Upper Hutt Sir, —I would like to let you know that all the grocers, butchers and babel's of Upper Hutt are well satisfied with the change of half-holiday. The shops that are making most noise are the ones that are never closed on any half-day in the week. Some of the shops up here are open from about 6 a.m. to 10 p.m.—l am, etc., F. F. HERCOCK. Upper Hutt, April 16.