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Newspaper
Longreach Leader
Location
Longreach, Queensland, Australia
Date
Sep 19, 1952
Page
8
Monday council session discussed acoustics at Shire Hall with Cr E appointed to oversee the £125 cost. AB C advised excessive absorption as the likely fault and recommended dispersing sound at the source while avoiding reverberation. Plans call for vertical plywood panels and strategic speaker placement with new equipment to reduce echoes and improve intelligibility.
The Government found no petroleum wax in samples from the booster pump. Rubber altered by heat or friction caused the failure, and heat resistant bearings were inspected. Contractors will not be paid an extra £100 for pulling and reinstalling the pump.
Power House manager P Matthews told the council that completing all alterations and testing of the new producers by January 16 is unlikely. The nine month extension was granted to modify the original design for better local operation amid approval from the State Electricity Commission and Major Furnaces.
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