THE POWER BOARD

Feilding Star, Volume 9, Issue 3792, 9 August 1932, Page 8

THE POWER BOARD

ON LOCAL .MATTERS COMMUNITY LIGHTING ! PEILPING GETS REDUCTION The Felldlng' Chamber of Commerce wrote to tile Power Burt ml requesting that the charge for community lighting he reduced to £2 per annum. Mr Guy said - 1 lint the present < barge was £3 10s, and In view of the hoard’s finances he could only ! support a reduction to £3. i The engineer reported that electricity consumed, amounted to £2 53 qd a year and that lamp renewals 1 amounted to about 12s a year, j . Mr McKay thought the claims of ! milking motors should be considered first. Mr Boyce said he could not approve of a charge which allowed a profit of only a. shilling or two. It was pointed out that the question wan ofie affecting the board’s peak load and Mr Campbell suggested thai this difficulty could bigot over by prohibiting - thi- light's .until after 5.30 -p.m. ■

The Ixiard agreed to the reduction to £3, at the same time adopting Mr Campbell’s suggestion. AT TANGIMOANA Mr A. 11. Rogers wrote asking .when the line Would bo extended to ;Tahgimoana. The secretary reported that only 1 applications had been returned out o the 52 who had agreed to take the power. The undertaking would only be payable at 52 consumers. Mr Guy: Why not give them the opportunities of getting juice front Wanganui-Rangitikei ? That Board i s only too ready to supply them. Tho chairman disagreed with Mr Guy, adding that the WanganuiRangitikei Board was harder to satisfy in the matter of guarantees than Manawat u-Oroua. Mr Rogers is to be informed of the position.