Power Shortage A Political Issue?
. AUGKLAND, March 3.. ''The reason for the power shortage, which I though everyone knew, is a political one and I do not want to become involved in .politics/' said Mr. C. J. Lovegrove, the chairman of the Auckland Electric ' Power Board, in answer to a qttbafcidh"' at - a Junior Chamber of pfihtinerce l,uneheon. He said the powef 'pbsfitton would not be relieved until the Maraetai scheme was finished. ' ' ; 1 ' "The fmisliing date has been given as 1950-52, but 1 dO not think it will be finished then. When it is, the situation will iniprove for two or three years and then will^ become worse and worse. , "The causes have. been cumulative over the last 1.0 , or ,12 years, and will be, cumulative over the next few years. The position is grim; it is going to be grimmer, much grimmer," he said.
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Chronicle (Levin), 5 March 1949, Page 3
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146Power Shortage A Political Issue? Chronicle (Levin), 5 March 1949, Page 3
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