ELECTRIC POWER SUPPLY

Taranaki Daily News, 17 September 1932, Page 10

ELECTRIC POWER SUPPLY

SOUTH TARANAKI BOARD MEET ; S

The engineer, Mr. T. R. Overton, reported to the monthly meeting qf.the South Taranaki Power Board last night that 202,060 units had been generated in August and 109,680 purchased, a total of 327,680 to meet a maximum demand of. 1116 k.w. In August, 1931, 261,060 units were generated and the maximum demand was 972 k;w. The auxiliary .engine had been run for 43 hours for peak reduction. The water flow had been regular. Constructional work • hgd been done, on Road, and the joint line with the Kaponga Town- Board was nearly completed. Other. constructional work had been done on South Road. (Waimate West); and Beach Road. Seventeen service lines had been erected. ’ ■

For installations 115 permits were issued as follow:-: —Twenty-five new consumers,- 76 alterations and seven renewing and four for temporary work. ■ .. . . For the charity ball at Hawera the amount of electricity and material used and Services rendered in the 'board s time tin' connecting up water heaters, etc., would total about £5. Other service rendered by tiie staff and electrical firms ‘had not been taken into account. The I\aponga Town Board had asked for further material and work ip alterations being made on S'keet Road. I'hese would cost about £lOO.

GENERAL ITEMS.

A clear profit of over £lOO was made on the Hawera charity ball.

The Matapu electrical supply will be switched on next week.

So : generous were the to the Hawera charity ball that there was a very large quantity of supper left over.. After the voluntary supper staff and the unemployed who had assisted had had thejr choice there was still a lot- left. This was handed over to the relief depot. The semi-finals of the Te Ngutu Golf Club’s men’s championship are. .to be played at 1 'p.m. to-day, when Hollis' meets Luxton; B. Barclay plays Ebbetts; and D. Crawford meets Fitzgerald.

The Hawera Fire Brigade received a call early last night from a South Road resident who was under the mistaken impression that his house was afire.-