ELECTRIC SUPPLY.
THE BOROUGH SYSTEM. In the latest Gazette is an Order-in-Council authorising the Thames Borough Couneill to erect electric lines in the borough. In a shedule attached are printed the regulations governing the license, and among them are the following:— The route of the electric lines: That route commencing at a point in the Borough of Thames on the bank of the Kauaeranga Stream east of the railway bridge; thence in a north-easterly direction to Bowen Street, along Bowen Street to Penton Street, along Fenton Street to Augustus Street, along Augustus Street to Karaka Road, thence in a north-westerly direction generally to the power-house in Bella Street, thence along Campbell Street, Pollen Street, and Burke Street to Beach Road.
The supply shall be received in bulk from the Thames Valley Electric Power Board at a pressure of 3,300 volts.
This license shall, unless sooner determined in accordance with the provisions hei’einafter expressed, continue in force for a period of forty-two years from the 2Gth day of January, 1921. The charges for electrical energy shall not exceed 1/- per unit for lighting purposes, and Gd. per unit for motor-power, heating, or cooking purposes; provided that “lighting purposes” shall include the operation cf motor generators for lighting pU'rposesi
ThO term 3 and conditions of this license may at any time or from time to time, at the request or with the consent in writing of the licensee, be altered by the Governor-General by Order in Council.
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Thames Star, Volume LVII, Issue 14742, 23 August 1921, Page 6
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