POWER BOARD LOAN.
A £150,000 PROPOSAL. The Thames Valley Power Board intends to take a poll of ratepayers on Ihe question of raising £150,000 The lirsl year of the Board was 1020. On March 11, 1921, power was supplied, llcticulation has since been carried out at fully 20 centres from Paeroa lo Pularuru. Up to March 31, 1925 1223 circuit miles were completed, 13,030 miles connected with load, the number of consumers being 4894; milking motors supplied, 1083; while the gross revenue lias risen from £27,050 in 1922 to £99,107 in 1925. Of the 489 i consumers shown for 1925, the Board's own consumers numbered 3301; Thames 995; Te Aroha 575. The number of milking motors lo March 31, 1920, was 1422. There has been a proximately 25,000 poles erected and 4,200 miles of overhead wire and cable installed. As it is essential to meet incessant demands for electric power for every pari of the district, Ihe Board is launching the loan scheme. Tin; manager, Mr R. Sprague. who is arranging Hid details for submission to the ratepayers in an interview with a Times reporter, staled thai a very big demand was made for further reticulation and the ratepayers have an opportunity of assisting the. Board by supporting Ihe loan.
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Waikato Times, Volume 100, Issue 16780, 24 April 1926, Page 8
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210POWER BOARD LOAN. Waikato Times, Volume 100, Issue 16780, 24 April 1926, Page 8
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