TARANAKI POWER BOARD

Taranaki Daily News, 18 October 1930, Page 8

TARANAKI POWER BOARD

LIGHTNING AFFECTS PLANT.

TAKATA AREA rETITIVN.

The Taranaki- Power (Board met yesterday, there being present Messrs N. H. Moss. (in the chair), H. J. Marchant, M. J. Gernhoefer, R. J. Knuekey, J. Dobson and C. Foreman.’ The engineer (Mr. B. H. Goldsmith) reported that the number of consumers at September 30 was 20'3-8. Units generated during • the month totalled 976,780. The largest daily output was 38,900 units on September 24, and the maximum demand of 2664 k.w. occurred also on that day. New Plymouth drew supply on 10 days of the . month. In- , stallatione connected duriir; the month were, as follows, figures fur the corresponding period last year ’.eing given in parentheses:—Milking motors, IS (14); other motors, 2 (5); stoves, 3 (5); water heaters, 20 (17); pumps, 2, (4); ■lighting and heating, 39 (24). For the second time lightning had caused .rouble in the plant, and an alteration was 'bein made to the protective equipment. 'The high pressure extension on Mangaotea Road had been completed, nine services having been connected. The engineer reported that the board had 21 telephones maintained at an annual cost of £234 19s 9d.

The engineer was instructed to consider the possibility of putting the Eltham men on party lines. It was also decided that the proposal to build a separate telephone via Wharehuja to the power-house be abandoned and the resident engineer erect additional wires from Tariki to the power-house on existing poles where practicable. The finance committee reported that it was unable to recommend any action at present in regard to the Oh-ura Road sub-station building. The accountant reported that the balance of loan advances unpaid, in accordance with the books, was £3099, allowing for £2834 • cash repaid during the last six months. This balance would ■be reduced by loan transport charges for the year-ended Marc'll 31, 1930, and for the last six months. All transport had been paid out of the power fund, and until .the transport charges were allocated he. was unable to make the necessary adjustment. On figures so far obtained transport for the eighteen months would be about £7OO, bringing the balance of advances down to £2399. On adjusting, the present loan item of plant, tools, etc., a fair portion was to be charged to trading account, representing tools, trucks, etc., consumed in connection with this department. A rough estimate of the amount was £l5OO. On the figures the actual balance was £389-9, but to allow a safe margin the balance could be taken at £3OOO.

The engineer stated that goods valued at £1965 chargealble to loan account were on order at the present time. It was reported, that 31 ratepayers out of 50 had signed a petition to have the Tarata area brought into the inne'r area. The petition would lie at the Inglewood County Council’s office for a month.

ELTHAM THEATRE TALKIES.

“JOURNEY’S END” DRAMA.

In writing of the great drama “Journey’s End,” showing at the Eltham Theatre to-night, Sidney W. Carrol, the famous critic of the London Daily Telegraph, said “that it has been characterised as the world’s greatest war play, yet it is emphatically a drama which, while truly great, does not emphasise the horrors of warfare. Somehow one feels elevated by the witnessing of this great entertaining, romantic epic of gallantry. It is a wonderful, entrancing treat made by an Englishman and acted entirely by British actors for a general public. It should run, if such a thing could be, for ever. It abounds with laughter even in the teeth of death. You may have a catch in your throat, but you will be the better for it. It is the most perfectly satisfying talkie play I have ever seen. “Journey’s End” as a play, was interpreted and represented in 24 languages. It is a human war document which grips and holds you with its tense action until the spell is broken with some rare piece of comedy which replaces the tears with the wrinkles of uproarious laughter. It is one of the few talkies which has evoked from' time to time loud cheers from those who attend its screening. British in sentiment, British in its perfect English characters and voices, it stands as the greatest tribute to British chivalry that the screen has given us.”