DEVONPORT BOROUGH.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LVII, Issue 17392, 12 February 1920, Page 6

DEVONPORT BOROUGH.

•y' ■■:-- ; A ." m — ; —-; ■•-. -.».. : 1 The iJfevonport Council met 5 * 1 last evening..; There!were; presents-The •- 5 » - j Mayor (Mr. H. S. W. King), and Meaaw. ■ J. J. Fletcher, J. :Woodall;: T. Palmer, - »]B. A. Spinley, W. A. .Pilkington, J.' '■ : , •' « Mdys,,and ;W. Perry-Taylor. Vv- ' ,- ,f ihe' Finance : Comnuttee reported that I the Auckland • Savings • Bank 5 would' grant ; ' i 4 a loan of: £17,500 lor : years, at 5* per ! • cent, to meet a loan 1 manuring .oh August .-.. ' & 1 next. ".., ... „ ■- _, ?* r Endorsement was given to a resolution u%--8 forwarded by. the •; Invercargill Borough 12 [ Council, calling, ! the Government to :;■■'• | | provide some form of life guards at rs.il- .J'.p ■g; way level crossings/-'.- .-.:;.-; 57 Much discussion arose on .the, applicatioii ;/ (5 of .the: Electricity Supply Corporation far 'i [7 permission to alter the system of charging: .', ,;v for current, ; -.by using one meter for both "i. J3 lighting end power purposes, viz., by 59 striking, on the basis ;of installation, ;an 16 ' average vfor h lighting-; and charging;! , . [ 5 power rates for .all Current used above H that average, either for lighting or; power. • 53 It was ■ explained that the reason of the : '' « request was the difficult? tof obtaining f--17 meters. On the motion of the Major, the • : concession was approved, subject to the "9 company agreeing .to submit to ; the Legal and Financial i Committee ; for /adjustment, <; •ay s objections from consumers ■■: to the - I amount of the proposed average* ': ' ■'■ :"