LOCAL AND GENERAL

Putaruru Press, Volume XII, Issue 562, 8 March 1934, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL

The next meeting of the Valley Power Board?, will be' held a fortnight later. thari’usual on April 17 to enable : the staff to prepare the balance-sheet for the financial year, which ends at March 31.

The Thames Valley Power Board announces the transfer at .the end of the moijth of Mr. R. "EL Goble, troubleman at Morrinsville, 'to Tirau, and of Mr. I. Ball from Tlfau „to Morrinsville. ! A,d,c""tion of £2. 2s was madefy the Than—s Valley Power Board to the ’Mbrr'ns-'-ille R.S.A.’s fund to permit of the son of a deceased! Morrinsville ex-serviceman -being;, sent to‘.FlocS House training farm. | The Work being carried out by the PufWjjfiru Town Board men on the erstwhile site of Oxford Circle has .'now all; earth and bitumen for a wide round the post in the cgntre of Oxford Place. Metal has been lnid ; down preparatory to an application of bitumen.

Poles and materials for the extension of the electric power line to Lichfield have all been assembled ready to carrv on this extension. Deposits are still being awaited by the Power Board from some of the settiers. When these are to hand the work can be proceeded with immediately.

Th fourth of the articles on “Early Putaruru” by “Old Resident ” has been held over until next issue.

Sixteen lighting and heating consumers were connected to the Thames Valley Power Board’s mains during February, also two more waterheaters, one electric range, two milking motors and 13 other farm motors. Additional lighting and heating points were installed for 68 consumers.

The death occurred at Auckland on Saturday of Mr. Robert Cramond Ashton, farm labourer, aged 44 years, who was working in the Tirau district for three years until Christmas. Mr. Ashton worked for two years on the farm of Mr. R. E. Fitness, living there and doing rabbiting and other work. He also worked on various other farms in the Tirau district.

Unusual circumstances caused an interruption in the power supply in the Tirau district on the afternoon of February 9. A boy at Okoroire was flinging around a couple, of pine cones held by a piece of wire, when it slipped from his hand and landed on an 11 k.v. line, burning through one of the line wires. The boy’s father notified the troubleman immediately and steps were taken to isolate the fault. The directions on the Automobile Association’s signpost in Oxford Place must have completely baffled visiting motorists on Friday morning. The post 'at present, following upon the removal of the circle where it has stood until recently, is supported by tins and is movable. On Thursday night it was turned, with the result, that travellers in all ignorance may have driven up Kensington street to Taupo, Wairakei or Chateau Tongariro, or along Main street to Hamilton or Rotorua and on the south road to Te Awamutu.