Effect Of Power Cuts On Milking Herds

Northern Advocate, 14 March 1947, Page 2

Effect Of Power Cuts On Milking Herds

THE State Hyclro-Electric Department fully appreciates the effect of even short period cuts in the supply of electricity to farmers.

Occasionally conditions ar unavoidable as, if steps are not u in supply might occur.

ise which make interruptions rgently taken, a total breakdown

This- information was given the North Auckland Power Board at Dargaville yesterday in a letter from the department, acknowledging receipt of representations, through the board, from the Northern Wairoa Sub-Pro-vincial Executive of Federated Farm-

bp one cl the factors in reticulating backblock areas. Asking for information about the reticulation of that disti'ict. the lvokopu

School C’i mmittee stated it was pro- j posed to move the schoolhouse from ; Kara to Kokopu, but the Education ] Board would not commence work n.n-1 less power was available at Kokopu. j r-'-c ciuestion was referred to the cn- i "im ei. NO FORECAST Mr A. A. Mac Kay asked when the j reticulation of the Springfield and : Ngungiuu areas could be undertaken., Materials and equipment were delaying all reticulation, said the chairman. If the more profitable areas wore j done first, the Springfield aiea woutd j have been comoleted. said Mr Mac- j Kay. . i Delivery of poles governed the posi- ; lion, said the engineer. He was not j able to give any forecast.. The Electricity Controller advised] that the board's weekly consumption j of electricity was considerably in ex- j cess of its allocation. He reaffirmed j his direction that the board should re-t ducc unit consumption to not more! than 3 per cent increase each week on \ the highest weekly consumption in the; corresponding weeks of the past three j years. The letter was received. 1 A donation of £lO/10/- was made by j the board to the King George V Mcm- ; crirtl Health Camp at Maunu.

The executive had asked that when power cuts were imposed in rural areas they should not be during milking period? because of the harmful effect on cows when voltage to milking machine? was reduced. There would be a continuing risk of inlet ruptions until the new stations at Karapiro and Kaitawa were operating, 'out. within a few months, the worst of the difficulties would be over, the department stated. RURAL RF.TfCULATION T:ie Ru r al Electrical Reticulation Council forwarded a schedule of subsidies granted on five proposed extensions at varying percentages for five

years. These were: Marua to Morrisons, 6 per cent: Opuawhanga, 1 per cent; Waiotira. 3 per cent' PatauaHora Hora, 5 per con.-, Mangapai South, 2 per cent. The board instructed the engineer iMr T. R Overton i to act on the advice and congratulated him on the results of his work. The chairman tMr J. N. McCarroil) said the council was to be congratulated on starting its work, which would