PETONE-HUTT GAS BOARD
A meeting of the Petone and Lower Hutt Gas Lighting Board was held last evening, Mr. W. G. Lodder presiding ' ihe works manager (Mr. C. Shaw) in hw report for. April, said . that the gas manufactured^ was 9,319,000 cubic feet, winch was a decrease of 33,000 cubic feet rSn Wi X ril' 1933' ■" ded*£e" of 753,000 cubic feet compared with March w,«f-7« r- .^'he average make per ton flas 10,743 cubic feet,-and the average calorific value 464 British thermal units »n ir ? irep^rt io l April- the secretary and distribution officer (Mr, O. Silbery) stated that eight new services, seven new cookers, three coppers, and eleven new meters were installed lJv he TWT?" n gtoDrr Mi's?ioner (the Key T. Fielden Taylor) wrote thanking the board for a donation of two tons of coke. >j ,
Ihe standard VI girls of Eastern Hutt bchool wrote expressing appreciation' of the use of the gas cooker donated to the Hutt Technical College. A letter was received from the Minister ot industries and Commerce agreeing to the calorific value of gas being maintained temporarily at 460 British thermal units.
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Evening Post, Volume CXVII, Issue 114, 16 May 1934, Page 14
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