PAYMENT FOR GAS.

Taranaki Daily News, 21 September 1920, Page 5

PAYMENT FOR GAS.

NEW SYSTEJtf BECOMMianHittiiS ACCORDING TO OALORETO V&ot|| By TelepapN—Preis AjimUUob; ''wfl Auckland, Last fSbiht.*?! The Auckland Prices Tribunal, which took a quantity *f''Jfpl dence and heard expert opinion, SQMp days ago as a result of about the quality of the Auekla|e? raNgi submitted its report to the Trade last week. This is now available for publication,fcreojlffi«l mends, inter alia, that lfgblfttutt Jwl introduced providing, for gas according to its calorific value, ''Pl| The summarised conclusions iof -'flwl tribunal are as follow; '■ {.., ?g|l (1) That meters of tbe.CW'dflrol pany's customers correctly' racorAtgl the volume of "gat"' which miiwH through them during the mojrthwl (2) That the quality of the gat wjm plied was unsatisfactory, from fto'{us| that it contained an'undue projMralti of (a) inert gases, due in paivwwUH lengthy carbonisation of gas-jWdoS coal, (b)" water gas, whieh 1$ rfKi low heat value. vSj It would appear that the ptlmM§| canse of the unsatisfactory gaa 'ioMu| was the coal shortage and th* v£«| serious difficulties resulting therefirongl which have confronted the gas, tapraHp ing company. The position- of thjj»,n£&l ager, Mr. Lowe (whose prompt }jftMtt£ro ance in tliis investigation is frank acknowledgment), has Mll'ji most unenviable one. He appe)lui;s!t£j have attempted to satisfy urgent m 4 mands with an altogether supply. To this end he .adoptecfpwpf tices which are recognised by tbe.'lftil dustry, the result being that aatmpam,' have been called upon to pay,for baHs} which was proportionately in the actual value of its c#stitu«iti'M heat producing gases, such based upon the ordinary supply. ,j} As at the present time there to, Is,: legal standard of quality of coal qju'i which may be supplied in Nsw<Zriu2aff and consequently no legal tafegUftWUdr the interests of the consuming' plftwi''.' the tribunal recommends .that the Clef/ 1 eminent be asked to introduce .IttgUlLti tian to govern the supply of coal jp by companies or corporations, •(«)-,-■& that the consumer shall be charged topi the volume of gas which is supplied upon a "basis of heat units aistua|[| , i available in that volume, such caloifflL value to he determined at tervals by some authority of the supplying bodies, and (b) t*j*«« vide for authoritative testing gjftfc; supervision over gas meters.' ■ *\w