TAURANGA POWER BOARD

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIX, Issue 21291, 19 September 1932, Page 12

TAURANGA POWER BOARD

AMALGAMATION SUGGESTION ~s\ x j> CURRENT FOR FLAXMILLING ' :* [from our own correspondent] TATJRANGA, Saturday The Tauranga Electric-Power Board re* ceived a letter at its meeting this week from the Public Trust Office advising thati the matter of sinking funds was being considered by the Public Trustee. • The Auckland Electrical Trades Asso* ciation wrote soliciting the support of the board in urging the Government to seb up local advisory committees consisting of representatives of the supply authorities, the Public Works Department and tha. trade, to consider questions arising locally • under the wiring regulations and to report to the existing .Wiring Regulations Advisory Committee, located in Wellington, the committees to have power to deal with matters of urgency. The board agreed to support the proposal. The Tauranga. Co-operative Dairy Association advised that it strongly supported the principle of amalgamation of the threa electric supply authorities operating ia the Tauranga County. _ The Bay of Plenty sub-provincial execu-* tive of the Farmers' Union wrote en* dorsing the principle of the amalgama* ~ tion of the three elettric supply authorities in Tauranga County, .and suggested the further possibility of one power board controlling the whole electric supply of H the Bay of Plenty. Mr. C. W. Boak, •> borough engineer,) wrote stating that the Electricity Committee of the Borough Council had agreed to allow the board a reduction of 20 per cent on the charge for power used for • flaxmilling, the period of the reduction to be at the will of the council.. Units J so used at this reduced price were not :j| to be included when arriving at the bulk I rale per unit referred to in the agreement | between the council and the board. -;J The board decided to accept the 20 per gj cent reduction, as offered, but objected to | tho_ fcxelusion of the units so used when I arriving at the bulk rate per unit re- J ferred to in clause 4of the agreement. Ijl Reference was made to complaints re- Jj garding low voltage and it was agreed that all payments to the Tauranga Bor* s|| ough Council be postponed, pending tha' lj carrying out of the clause of the agree* : | ment for supplying energy at the spaci-iil fied pressure. The engineer, Mr. J, ; Jj R. Bongard, reported - that tha .demand » for new services had exceeded. expecta-