DAMAGE BY TREES

Evening Post, Volume CXXI, Issue 35, 11 February 1936, Page 11

DAMAGE BY TREES

POWER LINES SUFFER

CONFERENCE PROPOSED

(Special to the "Evening Post.")

PALMERSTON N., This Day.

The damage caused by the hurricane which swept the Manawatu on Sunday, February 1, will cost the Mana-watu-Oroua -Power Board approximately £7000 to repair. Over 95 peri cent, of the damage was caused- by trees smashing the lines, and at yes-] terday's meeting of the board one member aptly put the position when he said that in future settlers would have to choose between electricity and! trees. ■ • . I It was decided to call a conference of the Dannevirke, Central Hawke's Bay, Tararua, Wairarapa, Horowhenua, and Wanganui-Rangitikei Power Boards, the Palmerston North City Council and county councils in the same area, and the Public Works Department and Post and Telegraph Department in order to discuss the situation and present a unanimous request to the Government for amended legislation regarding trees that menace power . lines. It was explained that at present the powers of local bodies were limited, and,, further, they were liable to damages for any tree-felling operations they might undertake. The conference date has been tentatively fixed for February 24.