High Vension Mains.—Daring the month much attention has been paid to the repair and upkeep of some of the older A quantity of steel suspension wire has been removed, as experience has proved that more trouble results from its use and there is more likelihood of interruption to the supply than if the copper cables are allowed to care for themselves. The public lighting mains have been generally overhauled and defective portions repaired. The work of duplicating the high tension feeder mains has been commenced, a pole line and cable having been erected in the new part ut the Range Road near the Infectious Piseases Hospital. As an extra precaution the feeders running to the Central District will be taken vid the Hongkew Crovk and Whangpoo Ruad, because, although the route is somewhat longer, there is practically no danger of interruption from fire such as menaces the existing lines.
Low Tension Mains.—The low tension mains have been extended from the Race Tub to Sans Souci Terrace. A low tension feeder (400 volts) has been erected from the Town Hall sub-station as far as the Hotel Metropole. This was necessitate od by the extra demand made upon the mains in that district due to additional consumers. In Kiukiang Road the mains were enlarged for a length of seventy yards.
One of the few remaining transformers attached to poles, exposed to the weather and dangerous to handle when wet, has been removed. The consumers previously supplied from this source are now connected to the three wire distributing mains recently ran from the sub-station situated midway between the Country and Race Clubs.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.