ANNUAL CONFERENCE
POWER BOARD ENGINEERS. (Per United Press Association.) Wellington, September 25. The annual conference of the New Zealand Power Board and Supply Authority Engineers’ Association opened this morning. In welcoming the delegates, the president, Mr G. Lauchlan, remarked that despite the difficult times, the electrical industry had developed and must continue to do so.
In declaring the conference open, the Mayor, Mr T. C. Hislop, said the industry was potentially the biggest in New Zealand. A discussion took place on the subject of radio interference and the means of reducing such trouble. The conference gave hearty support to the report by a special committee set up last conference, recommening that legislation be sought for drawing up and enforcing suitable regulations. M. Lauchlan said it was suggested that the Post and Telegraph Department should be the clearing house for interference complaints, and should investigate the mand allocate the responsibility for remedying them or improving the position, co-operating as far as possible with electric supply and tramway authorities and users of electrical equipment.
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Southland Times, Issue 22130, 26 September 1933, Page 6
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172ANNUAL CONFERENCE Southland Times, Issue 22130, 26 September 1933, Page 6
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