PETONE-HUTT GAS BOARD

Evening Post, Volume CXV, Issue 138, 14 June 1933, Page 21

PETONE-HUTT GAS BOARD

The monthly meeting of the Petone and j Lower Hutt'Gas Lighting Board'was held; last night. Mr. W. G. Lodder presided, j and there were also pi- escut. Messrs. W. G. Meldrum, D. W. Campbell, A. Scholo-1 field;:.-Q. P.- Brockclbank, and E. T. E. Hogg. The- Petone. Memorial..Technical College wrote thanking the. board for a special discount granted during the last six months, and asking the board for an- extension of the discount. As the board had found out that the granting of the special discount was illegal, it. was decided to stop the discount, bnt to give, a donation of £2 2s to the- college.-•■ The report of the works manager {Mr. C. Shaw) stated that in May 10,095,000 cubic feet of gas: had been manufactured from C 96 tons 17cwt of coal carbonised, giving an average make per ton of 14,483 ciibie feet. The average calorific value of the gas-.wae 464 B.Th.U., and 260,000 cubic feet more of it was itade than in May, 1032. Coal, tar, and coke in stock on June 1 were estimated to be 850 tons' Wcwt, 20,408 gallons, and 49 tons respectively; • The acting-secretary (Mr. O. Silbery) reported that in May, 7 new services, 11 cookers, 3 coppers, 1 caliphont, 2 waterheaters, 3 ftas fires, and 1 hot-plate were installed. During the month work on the mains was carried out in Union and Jackson Streets, Petone, and in Green Street. Totara Crescent, Cuba Street, and Woburn Road, Lower Hutt..