PEOPLE HAVE BEEN LET DOWN
AUCKLAND, Mar. 14. "The State Hydvo-Electric Depart ment 's policy of frequently publishinp pretty propaganda pictures of Kara piro is siniply t'ooling the people, " saifl the general manager of the Waitemati Power Board (Mr. A. Main) referring to the electricity crisis today. - "That station, even if fully eom pleted bv the winter next year, wil' not take care of the dammed up load unless there is an immediate change of policy and control in the State Hydro" Electric Department, and unless thi Government, as a 'matter of grave na tional importance, installs arnple oil burning auxiliary plants, people wil1 suffer -drastic shortagefi of electricity until 1952 or 1953." Alr. Main said that people had a righi to an abundance of.*elcctricity, and the\ had been let down in a disastrou^ manner.
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Chronicle (Levin), 15 March 1947, Page 5
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