CENTRAL TARANAKI NEWS

Taranaki Daily News, 18 January 1930, Page 10

CENTRAL TARANAKI NEWS

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ELECTRIC POWER SUPPLY

SERVING CENTRAL TARANAKI.

MEETING OF THE POWER BOARD. ' The nionjjtly meeting of the Taranaki Power Board was held at Eltham yesterday. There were present: Messrs. H. G. Carman (chairman), C. H. Foreman, C. E. McGuiness, R. J. Knuckey, M. Gernhoefcr, H. J. Marchant and J. Dobson. - The balance-sheet for the year ended March 3'l, 1029, was presented to the meeting with an approval by the audi-tor-general, subject to a comment on the' fact that as there was no efficient stores account the figures had been accepted on the certificate of the board’s accountant. ..The secretary informed the board that a responsible officer 1 had been instructed to prepare a report on a new system after investigating the system followed by other electrical boards, and the Audit Department will be advised that . the board is taking steps to institute an efficient system for the stores account. ;■ It was decided to place the outstanding accounts for 1927-28 in the hands of the board’s solicitors for recovery, ( the chairman and the secretary to deal with . .the matter. ■ The resident engineer reported that the number of consumers to December 31 was 1932. Units generated during the month totalled 760,800. The maximum demand of 2376 k.w.' occurred on December 19, when New Plymouth was taking a considerable amount of power with the object of testing out the carrying capacity of the new Government line. The maximum demand on the board's own system was 1464 k.w. on the 12th. The largest daily output of 28,500 units occurred on the 17th. ■ Installations connected during December were as .follows,-the figures for the corresponding period last year being given in parentheses: Milking motors .12 (14), other motors 2 (3), ’stoves .5 (4), water heaters 8 (11), pumps 3 (10), lighting and heating, 32 (21). ... The Government line from Midhirst to New Plymouth had been completed and was put in commission on December 19, on which date a supply of 1400 k.w. was transmitted'to New Plymouth as a tryout. The line had not actually been used for normal supply before December 21. On the Palmer Road 3 short high tension extension with one 5 k.v.a. transformer, was livened up on the 10th. A deviation in Finnerty Road was partially completed, the telephone line being re-erected on the south side of the road and the power lines re-erected on the new line as far as the transformer structure. This structure was erected and a 20 k.v.a. transformer installed thereon. Part of the old line had been dismantled and there remained little work to complete the job. High pressure extension in Cross Road had been completed and livened up. Opportunit/ was taken to re-regulate a portion of Salisbury Road and erect additional telephone guards. Poles were laid on Dudley Road and Wawiri Road and 15 poles erected on the former. Necessary services were . erected. Th power fund account had been in debit at the previous meeting to the extent of £10,631 3s 4d, reported the finance committee. With accounts to* pass ( £5911 9s 7d) and transfer to loan (£200) the total was £16,762 12s lid. Since then £6521 4s lOd had been received, the chief items being: Goods, £775 18s lid; current, £3363 0s Id; installations, £6BB 17s sd; arrears, £2’3'o 17s 9d; call deposits, £l3OO. This left .the account £10,241 8s Id in debit. The loan account had been £139 8s 5d in credit at the last meeting. With the transfer from the power fund of £2OO, sale of timber ( £8 18s) and sale of trucks ( £35) the total was £383 6s sd, less accounts to pass (£242 14s 8d), leaving a credit of £l4O Ils 9d. The Stratford extension credit remained at £255 18s sd. , PRESENTATION AND SOCIAL. On the eve of her marriage, which has since taken place, Miss Phyllis Weston, who has been organist at the Methodist Church, Stratford, for the past five years, was tendered a social evening. The hall had been beautifully decorated by members of the choir and the church. Mr. R. 11. White, on behalf of the trustees, Mr. E. G. Foster, president of the Sunday school, and Mr. F. T. Hale, choir master, spoke of the good work performed by Miss Weston and .wished her well. Rev. H. L. Blamires, on behalf of the various committees of the church, presented her with a chrystal rose bowl, gold embossed tea set, brass tray and silver service. Mr. Blamires also referred to the generous help given by Miss Weston with the musical side of the church. PERSONAL ITEMS, 1 Mr. Henry Gill, Whangamomona, died suddenly yesterday morning. He had apparently been suffering from heart trouble. The Taranaki Elcctrict Power Board yesterday expressed the hope that Mr. N. H. Moss, a member of the board, wc’.dd quickly recover from his illness. GENERAL ITEMS. The executive of the Stratford Cycle Club decided last night to commence a series of track races on Victoria Park on January 28 at 6.30 p.m. There will be a half-mile- and a three-mite race. On Wednesday there will be a function at which trophies run in the road races series will be presented. KING’S THEATRE STRATFORD. “HOLD YOUR MAN.” Laura La Plante again asserts her right to the title of queen of film comediennes by her performance in “Hold Your Man,” Universal’s hilarious dialogue farce-comedy which opens at j the King’s Theatre this afternoon. “Hold |

j Your Man” is a fast-moving picture replete with amusement from start to I finish. It is a story of the domestic rift in the lives of a young American couple caused by the wife's determination to go to Paris to study art. There she meets a romantic foreigner. Later her husband and the girl he intends to marry as soon as a Paris divorce clears the way, arrive. A heavy rainstorm imprisons in one apartment the participants in the romantic mix-up and complications of a highly entertaining nature follow in rapid succession. Miss La Plante gives her usual distinguished performance in one of the happiest roles of her career. In one of the most laughable sequences of the picture she exercises her talent for mimicry to the fullest possible extent. ELTHAM MUNICIPAL THEATRE. A highly exciting and unusual Western picture in the “Wagon Master” will be screened at the Eltham Municipal Theatre to-night, and stars Ken Maynard . Maynard and his famous horse “TarJSan” perform many thrilling,.stunts in a story which is well off the beaten track of Western pictures. The plot concerns the trade rivalry of wagon trains, the organisations of freighters which carried supplies to isolated' mining caanps in the early days of the West. One of the most dramatic sequences depicts a whip fight between Maynard and his rival in love, played'by Al Ferguson. .There is. plenty of romantic interest iii the picture. Maynard’s leading lady is Edith Roberts, an actress of experience and unusual charm. Maynard’s freighters form a hard-ridiiig, hard-fighting crowd, afraid of nothing when it comes to putting a punch into a picture. Many of them have been with Maynard for years, and have had plenty of experience leading the adventurous life depicted in the- films. This is one of the most fast moving and exciting Westerns we have shown but not overdone or far-fetched and is a first class entertainment.

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