“Contractors arc undertaking wiring of houses without obtaining permits,” stated the consulting engineer (Mr H. F. Toogood) in a report to the Poverty Bay Power Board last week (states the Herald). “That is contrary to law, and the board must not tolerate it. There is one contractor who has been going into houses and starting the wiring, and other contractors are likely to do it, thus leaving the board's inspectors no chance of inspecting the installation as it was going in. The contractor’ was liable to obtain a permit from the board before any wiring work was commenced. The* only method of stopping this is to refuse to connect up the house, otherwise in the event of .a fire the board would be liable for any damages. It was decided not-to connect up with any house in which the wiring had been installed without a permit first being obtained. — There are still within the borders of the United States 452,000,000 acres of idle arable land.
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Otago Witness, Issue 3830, 9 August 1927, Page 52
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