TARANAKI POWER BOARD

Stratford Evening Post, Issue 63, 20 March 1929, Page 2

TARANAKI POWER BOARD

MONTHLY MEETING. *■ The monthly meeting of the. Taraiiiaki Power Board was held at Mtham on Monday. Present; Messrs H. G. Carman (chairman), W, H. Were, C. ■E, MoGuirmoss, T, R, R. J. Knuckey, J, T. Belcher*. J, Dob, son and C. Foreman. The Resident Engineer* (Mr B. H. Goldsmith) reported that the Radnor Road extension 1 had been completed and one transformer livened up. Poles had been laid on the balance of Pembroke. Road and Barclay Road, ami: erection work bad been, commenced. The report °f the finance committee

showed that the power fund account was in debit at last meeting to the extent of £7620, and with accounts to pass this debit was increased to £11,662, Amounts received since totalled £3BIO, leaving the account in debit by £7B-13 at the date of the pilescnt meeting. The JorJu act-dunlj stood in credit, by £l,lO at la«t meet-

ing, and with £727 received since (including a transfer of £'7oo from the fund), less accounts to pass totalling £76l* remained in credit to the extent of £72,

The resident engineer reported to tjliQ committee upon unlrehiculated roads in the Stratford extension as follows:—

Roads uureticulatcd in this area are• Makuri Road. 1 rum vVawiri Road through' Huiroa to the .boundaiyj Douglas Road from the termination of the present lines to jimma; Koto Road (.soldier s’ settlement). 1 Imre are two ways oi approacning Pnra gvou]). The lirsL is to extend the P sen.t line on tin; Douglas Road, o'er saddle to Huiroa and then run lines east and west, on Makuri Load; the second is to cany lin.es up V> auiri. Road (i" the. old area) and then run east through Huiroa. The eomnutiUm ri'comnifjmlul inat it could not at present advise further reticulation in the Stratford: exfiem siou, and the report, was adopted. Mr A. ,K. Wilks, in charge of Hm huani’s headwprks, reported tliab Arcs on adjacent property wore threateninpr the hoard’s fencing and might prove a source of danger should they get out of control. The engineer stated that the fires had been put out. but prior •<" t ' hi,t had approached within a oh apt of dm board’s property.