LAKE LEVELS GOOD RESPITE DRY PERIOD
' WELLINGTON, Jan. % * Despite tlie prolonged period*'. bf dry weather and high temperatures overtlie greater portion of. .the North Island, 'the Electricity bontroiler, Mr, Kissel, said today that the levels of tlie various hydro-electrie "storage" lakes in both islands; are satisfactory while the deinaijd for power at jpr'esent- is *riot heavy. f The level at Lake Taupo is 1175.65ft or 16 inch.es below tlie maxiniuin level of control. Tlie level was down to 1172.75ft on April 15 last year. At Lake Waikaremoana the level is now 1944.9ft, slightly above that of a year ago. The o'verflow leyel is 2016ft The dam at Mangahao is almost full. In the South Island, Lake Coleridge at 1673.25ft is nearly full while the level at Lake Mahinerangi is 77,25ft or 10ft above the old control level.
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Chronicle (Levin), 6 January 1948, Page 3
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