THAMES GAS SERVICE
WORKS CLOSING TO-NIGHT MAINS NOT SERVICEABLE [by telegraph—OWN correspondent] THAMES, Saturday The Thames Gas Company, Limited, which had been in operation in Thames practically since the opening of the goldfield, will close its works at midnight on Monday. The company has gone into liquidation, chiefly as the result of the impossibility of renewing the mains and the gasometer. It is understood that the pipes throughout the town are much corroded owing: to the mineral in the soil, and also that with the raising of the streets in recent years they are buried too deeply to be worth renewing. The gasometer is very badly corroded and only holds about ono-third of its original capacity. Users of gas have, since the notification two months ago, been busy installing other means of heating. Tho price of electricity, which has fallen during the last two years, has helped to make tho demand lor gas lighter. Other people aro installing bottle gas and having their stoves converted to meet the new requirements.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXV, Issue 22974, 28 February 1938, Page 12
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