BOROUGH GAS SUPPLY

Waikato Times, Volume 124, Issue 20774, 6 April 1939, Page 9

BOROUGH GAS SUPPLY

RECOMMENDATIONS APPROVED On the recommendation of the trading and I'm me-* committee. the Hamilton Borou-i. Council at ils meeting last evening decided lo instruct the gas engineer lo call tenders for •i p ereetU :i of a i 50,000 cubic 1 et t-lift gas holder with the necessary provision to allow two addition q lifts to be erected at a later date when the?** were necessary. it was aiso decided, or: lh< r c munend ition of the committee to obtain lenders l'or the pipes required ;or the stive* mains. of laying the mains, i: w •> di eided tu make application lo Ho* i.oveinmcnt L employ Hellene* 13 i.ib<ojr**rs. The f-' .s engim *r w..* - * • n authority to inspect the gas • •osier plan* at Palmerston North and to purchase it at £125 if it were in order. The weekly bulletin of the New Zealand Petroleum Company states that the casing has boon set and cemented at the Totangi Bore and that drilling was resumed yesterday. Drilling wa> suspended last week when Hie bore had reached a depth of 362uXt.