ELECTRIC POWER.

Manawatu Standard, Volume LIV, Issue 297, 13 November 1934, Page 8

ELECTRIC POWER.

MANAWATU-OROUA BOARD.

Tlie monthly meeting of the Mana-watu-Oroua Power Board was held yesterday, Mr C. G. C. Dernier presiding. Others present were Messrs J. A. Nash, M.P., M. A. Eliott, Jos. Batchelar, J. Hodgens, E. 0. Bond, W. McKay, W. P. Bickers, J. Boyce, N. Campbell, and P. G. Guy.

An extract from the New Zealand Gazette authorising the board to raise £4OOO of a supplementary loan at 3i per cent, was forwarded by the secretary to the Treasury. Information was received that the A.M.P. Society was willing to lend this amount at 3J per cent, subject to confirmation by the Sydney office. Solicitor’s fees would be £ls 15s. —The offer was accepted, the negotiations being left in the hands of the chairman and tlie managing-secre-tary (Mr It. Eglinton). Permission was granted by the Power Board for the usual extra lighting facilities to be provided at Eeilding for Christmas and the New Year. This was in reply to representations made by tlie Feilding Chamber of Commerce. In his report, Mr W. A. Waters (chief engineer) stated that work in connection with the supply to feed the stone crusher for the Eeilding Borough Council, was completed, including eight chains of service line and transformer. The latter has been connected in to supply the existing low tension network.

“Efforts have been made during the month to trace power interference with radio reception in the north end of Denbigh Street, Feilding, in conjunction with the officers of tlie Post and Telegraph engineer’s department, but to date we have been unable to find the cause. A considerable amount of maintenance has been done at Halcombs, Stanway, Apiti, Makino and also in the Pohangina and Manawatu counties, the work involving reblocking poles, restraining lines and changing the old service wires in ltongotea, etc. The 3300-volt line in Walker’s Road was restrained and broken binders replaced. The bank of transformers supplying the freezing works at Longburn was opened up for inspection, and all connections overhauled, some of them being corroded with the heavy currents involved. The load on this bank is growing, and in the near future we will have to increase the capacity for safety. A number of new service lines were run, and alterations to existing 400-volt feeds made to give supply to the following new consumers:—Lighting and heating, 5; motors for milking, 3; ranges, 1; water heaters, 6; industrial motors, 3; other motors, 15, 1 25 h.p. (temporary); additions to existing installations, 20.”