PETONE-HUTT GAS BOARD
The' jndrithly-meeting.of the Petone aild Lower Hurt" Gxts Lighting Board was held lastv-mgW,..i; v :There;;w.ere..preßenj ; . ; ]kJri>^ Gr. Lodder (chairman) and Messrs. "W.~~T. Strand, -Si Clendon-, -W- G.- Meldrum,. A. Scholefield, C. P. Bfockelbank, and E. T. E. Hogg. The Minister of Mines .wrote to say he had been advised by the Minister of Public Works that the Main Highways Board approved of the^usfc.of local tars for highway ; ' ; niain);enajtt<ie:i^nd construction, providedi'tKe tars■ :'c^mplied with British engiheer-ing'standajtdispecincations for such matei?&ls;V,;The board's tar at present did not :complyi.with(lh^''standard. The chairman s'iad'that the board had on order''new an apparatus which would treat the tar-.,and;.bring it.-.,up to the required .specifications. . -i;':» ,\'i .»:- ..■••:" : . . ' The' woris' manager (iM^rVf (X lShaw)^re> pbrtSd,.lfQr.^December/.that^ ;745 tons ;of coal' Ead been carbonised, making 9,726,000 cubic feet of gas, an average of 13,055 cubic feet'per ton. ';The. average calorific value of, the gas.,>yas".^6s>Bi.Th.Pvi:-The output wasf.SSl.OOOf.cubiCjfe'etitess.th'an^in Decerii; ber, 1930. The estijnate'd amoufits of c6al| tar, and coke in stock on Ist January were 516 tons, 14,200 gallons, and 161 tons respectively. ,
The report of- the- distribution 'Officer (Mr. O. Silbery) ■' on' the' work' of his" de-" paftment for December'stated that-12 new' services, 12 .cookers,,and 1 caliphont' had been installed.'/For public iise two meters and two gas;rings -had been installed :in- a : shelter provided''by the Petone Boroiigh" Council on the Esplaiirfde "•■opiJbaJfe Bay street. ■
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Evening Post, Volume CXIII, Issue 10, 13 January 1932, Page 4
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