BIG NEW POWER SCHEME
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111,210,000 To Be Spent In Sotitli Island
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WELLINGTON, Dec. 20. The Minister in Charge of Electricity b'Mppiy, M1-. erempie, anhuunced uictu ine Governmeni nao ^approved . tne pi- jposea nyaroI 'electric development of the Ciut'lia iftiver at Koxourgh Gorge, Otago. I 'ine inibiai Q.evtropmtJii.o xo cb ated to cost £8,500,0(10 ahd the final ucveiopiiient to lun cap'acity is expectea to oring tne tooai lur Jttoxourgn Gorge to £li,250,i)00. Up to I5du men w-m oe employea when activities are at their "rnaxiihum and the initial development is plannCd to De comp'reted oy laSa. Thereafter the laxes contrui woriv wiii De pushed ahead and further inachines mstalled from time to time as the power deihand rCquires them tmtii mis greatesG development of the southern hemisphere iS nnany compieiea.. Roxburgh power house Will ultimateiy namess neariy ouu,0uu horse power.
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Chronicle (Levin), 20 December 1947, Page 5
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143BIG NEW POWER SCHEME Chronicle (Levin), 20 December 1947, Page 5
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