LIGHTING OF STREETS

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18205, 28 September 1933, Page 11

LIGHTING OF STREETS

; KBBI> COB UIVROVBHRNT 1 A panor on street 1 ilid inq was given ai I !n- conference of power hoard and , supply authorities’ engineers at Wei Region by Air ,1. !’. Tmnplin, of Chris! olnnvli, wlio assnriml tlml in the mattor of street lighting, New Zealand ' uas wall !n'l)im 1 the t imes. (in !ho whole, sj roof ilhmiiiia! ion I liiouphmit Now Zealand was entirely inadequate. The failure of supply ail! iloj: ies to develop a profit u'hle street liqhiing load was duo in geuen: i tie ta.-d of proyessive elVort, resulting . in the ius! alia! ion of small units and peoi- dliuainai ion. wit n eonse(|iieut dis sU I ! • I':’. 1 mii Oil all sides. New types of efticieui lamps weir Inin;.; dt 1 velopod. and sooner or later Would ho in! induced in loN ew Zealand. • Tin", o oa!d mi oom-r none liqhi for lln same \ oliaqo, .ami (list i ibin ion mil inn ii if.' should n o o\ erv endeavor to have tin' intensity of iilumin.it ion increased mill install lamps of a higher candle'power than wore eoiuinonty used "o-dav As omul n; reel lighting was of material s.' d lance : i | lie safely and speed oi eia,lit loo! oi- ca rI i a flic, it was only . logical Ilia! part of the revenue oh taiurd hy local authorities should he' I devoted lo street liqlu inq. I Tim cont'crtMice endorsed the views! j expressed.