ELECTRIC POWER BOARD

Southland Times, Issue 18856, 23 June 1920, Page 5

ELECTRIC POWER BOARD

FORTNIGHTLY MEETING. The Electric Power Hiijm! met vest i-rday, there bein',' present: Jle.--.-r- A. W. leiip, r (chairm-tm, W. IP Norm.-m. V,'. Fra-cr, i;. , Fowler, T. A. Buchin-ham, IP Hi a mar. \V. I llincl.ey, ]■'. Young an ] E. (body . j COMMITTEE HUAI a I In committee the chairman reported that ! various mister- in a; n. at :o n v.dih Board's public ofli-o-- iihe Carrier.- - Arms i Buildings t were hei.l over, t ha. the railway j oration, and no wis rntP 'p -d in j accounts, toting sy.-li m ami os iter ;a- t:. . i in ronnec ion wiih the con t a.;i be-,.■■]-,- i ment had In "n dealt mii:, \ arlo:--- .ire t' o iin eoiinrction with !’■!'-> iioaros in aiiCC® war" Mill in aleyeaer. fi.i;,!■!.•! - waggon ohtiits, lior.-e-', i-ord true.:, m . other suppbe- had been or :cr. i. IP. '■ r. ; port was adopted. The Board’s engineers, Me.-.-rs 11 ,-.y an! Viekorman, repotted ;•( ir neti- >. n mat « relating to the appoint ;t.ei:l -m the n'ai; rathe various branches r.I Ida cot r: -t.-.n < • parlmcr.f.-- it tvs.- rewdved that tie- Ha:.:. 1 would fix tf.c salaries Inn that the- as: m ! , appointments world be made by 11 ■■ in- 1 gineer.-. The matter of the pnr< hj i-in- of o' ; ‘" • sup; di-.s was left in li;c hand.- o; the Pian’. man and c!c:k. The chairman suggested that a st .a.::.'; 1 meeting be held on Tne-day, ,bdy 1 1, tor the purpose of discus: ing it naM.-,.- I.i connection with the If onf- inlnr." poll---,-and work. —The sr.;:--p tion ws- agrr -d :•>. Mr W. Moralist cr ft Ire Board’s -o!im:o: attended the meeting and iepornl that . 1 company with the cha.nnaii he Jmd 1 Wellington, and whde there !;e 1 --‘ah wn i various matters andn.g out oi th" E-ect re Power Boards Act and the sugge.-', so an mimen’s thereto. The chairman intimated that h> had conferred with Sir Arnold Gridify, the (mmi 'o English dec!rical (-Xpert, and la d (h-sm a number of important matters. The matter of tea-phone common a’ - n between Tuatapere ami the hcaowmas \valeft in the hands of the chairman. IN OPEN BOARD. A letter was read from the director of the Southland Technical College, who wrote intimating that the College \va- desirou.-' of somtnencing a course .in practical elect nr al engineering in the day school and (-venom classes, the necessary equii.it.c-m for which ivouid cost over £OOO, and asking whether the Power Board would he wdling to give •nancial assistance toward.- the propm .n.- . Held over. Tlte Banks Peninsula Elect tic Pow: , ‘ Board intimated that limy intmiie-i so..- _ •niltinp a loan p.roposal to the ratepayi rs ; ; the end of July, and ashed tor inmr.na mi , i js to the necessary procedure.-—lt was Mated . ' that this was being supplied. 1 Accounts amounting .to £79 5s Sd v.-ers ■jassed for payment. ’ At the close of the meeting Mr Bucking- , ram remarked that he was pleated to no!tee ( » reporter present. The public were won- . iering what the Board was doing. j