TAURANGA POWER BOARD.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIV, Issue 19720, 20 August 1927, Page 13

TAURANGA POWER BOARD.

DANGER OF LIVE WIRES. UNITY OF CONTROL FAVOURED. [by telegraph.—own correspondent.] TAURANGA, Friday. A meeting of the Tauranga ElectricPower Board was held to-day. Mr. T. Lockhead presided. The commissioner of Crown lands at Auckland advised that he is prepared to transfer to the board half-an-acre of land at Aongatete as a site for a sub-station, at the price of £2O. The board decided to purchase the land. In a letter in reply to the board's application for a reduction of charges for current in bulk the town clerk said the Borough Council would make a reduction of 5 per cent., provided the board was prepared to extend its agreement lor a further terra of five years. The board decided nob to entertain the otter It was decided to write to the Auckland Education Board %sking the latter to prepare and circulate leaflets pom - ins out the dangers connected with high and low-tension lines, and that the leaflets might be posted up in the schools throughout the board's district. , , , The resident engineer reported tnat the installation stag had been kept exceptionally busy, chiefly on milking motors and water heaters. The following motion was carried: That, in order to further reduce working costs this board heaitily approves of the Te Puna special rating area road metalling proposal, and requests its members to do all in their power to carry the necessary loan poll. , A motion was carried unanimously heartilv supporting the proposal of the Te Puke -branch of the Farmers' Union to vest the control of the electricity supply in the Tauranga Power District and outer areas in one body instead of,in three bodies, as at present. A motion was adopted appointing Mr. Lloyd Mandeno as consulting engineer for'the term of two years.