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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LIII, Issue 16375, 24 June 1927, Page 8

Mr. W. D. Lysnar, M.P., proceeds to Wellington on Sunday to take up his Parliamentary duties. "Some people in town believe, apparently, that the engine now being installed at the power house will complete the installation, but that, of course, is not correct," remarked Mr. J. R. Templin lo the Poverty Bay Power Board members to-day. The consulting engineer pointed out that town consumers appeared to doubt the board's policy in running wires to the country when the present plant was overloaded by the town demand. However, he stated that there, would be two engines added to the power-house installation, the joint power amounting lo 1100 b.p. The country consumers would not lie given priority over the town consumers.

In connection with the broadcast from the (Yosley broadcast station, W.LW, Cincinnati, which as announced in another column is to take place on Sunday evening at 3 o'clock (N.Z. time), oil wave lengths of T>2 and 422.3 metres, a preliminary test being made at 0 o'clock this evening, Mr Powel (Yosley, juur., president, of the Crosley Radio Corporation, has authorised the New Zealand agents to present a Crosley receiver to the person who supplies the best verified report of the reception of this pro gramme, hut it. is as well to mention that there is a probability of the programme being lebroa'deast by IYA, Auckland, should 1 reception prove sal is factory.

Whili' Hi- chairman of the IMS. Power Rna.nl, Mr If. I!. Ball, was .l< tailing to-day Ihe results of tho finance committee's deliberations during tins past month, it was noted that tho committee !i.id come together on mure than one occasion during that period, Perhaps some mental telepathy warned Mr Hall of pert u) bat ion among the country members, for lie lost no time explaining that, the members of the finance committee had mutually agreed that they should he paid for only one meeting per month, and that the other meetings were not paid for. Mr 0, 11. Rridge remarked with n smile that he had been wondering whether the previous estimate of the annual cost, of the derision to pay members for attendance at meetings might not he considerably exceeded. The chairman's explanation had, however, dispelled that doubt. (laughter,)