FUTURE SUPPLIES.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVII, Issue 20601, 27 June 1930, Page 14

FUTURE SUPPLIES.

PROPOSALS OF GOVERNMENT. CONFERENCE WITH BOARDS. EXPLANATION OF PROVISIONS. [bt telegraph.—special reporter.] WELLINGTON. Thursday. A conference of Auckland district power boards which have been receiving Government supplies will be held in Wellington on Monday, when the Minister of Public Works, the Hon. W. B. Taverner, expects to be in a position to explain the provisions it is proposed to make for tho immediate future power supplies in view of the closing down of the Arapuni works. The members of Parliament for the areas affected will also be invited to attend tho conference. This announcement was mad© by the Minister late this evening, following a conference with Mr. W. J. Holdsworth, chairman of tho Auckland Electric-Power Board, and Mr. R. H. Bartley, general manager of the board. "Tho conference is for the purpose of explaining the department's proposals," said Mr. Taverner.~ "Doubtful points can also be cleared up. The proposals I will then be in a position to make will give the necessary assurance in regard to future supplies. lam unable to indicate the nature of those proposals until they have been further considered by Cabinet." "As the conference was a private one there is nothing I can say except that from our standpoint the discussion was very satisfactory," said Mr. Holdsworth when interviewed later. "It will not be necessary for me to return for Monday's conference as the Minister will simply be explaining the arrangements he has made with the Auckland Board." Mr. Holdsworth and Mr. Bartley will return to Auckland to-morrow.