POWER SUPPLY.
AUCKLAND AGREEMENT. (PRESS ASSOCIATION TELEGRAM.) AUCKLAND, December 5. Aii agreement has been reached between the Auckland Power Board and the Government concerning the supply of power to the province, consequent upon the Arapuni failure. An annual payment ia to be made to the Board by the Government calculated upon the basis of half the capital charges on the Board's power station. When Arapuni is recommissioned the Board's station "will cease operation and become a stand-by plant incorporated with the national system of supply. _ When Arapuni failed the Board decided to install an additional 15,000 k.w. set, the cost of which will make the total capital sunk in plant approximately £600,000. The Government has now agreed to find half the capital charges of this amount.
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Press, Volume LXVI, Issue 20104, 6 December 1930, Page 16
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126POWER SUPPLY. Press, Volume LXVI, Issue 20104, 6 December 1930, Page 16
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