£331 DAMAGE
THAMES VALLEY P.B. TREES MAINLY TO BLAME “The estimated cost of repairing the damage done by the storm, at the week-end of May 16 in the Thames Valley Electric' Power Board’s area is £331 Ils of which £177 18s is assessed as .being due; directly to trees,” reported the chief engineer, Mr N. G. McLeod, to the monthly meeting of the board. “Transport to' handle the tree; damage was 1738 truck miles,, which at sixpence per mile is £43 9s, while the labour cost was . £134" 95,” added . the report. -A
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Hauraki Plains Gazette, Volume 51, Issue 3139, 8 July 1942, Page 5
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