HYDRO-ELECTRIC POWER.
■ 9 JlO>:. AV. 1). S. MACPONALD INTER" VIEWED. my Tclcsrapii.—Press Association.) Auckland, May 80. 17i llio course of a conversalion with a pressman this morning, the Jlon. \V. 0. S. Macdonald (Minister t'er Public Works), in referring to tiio progre.-.s of tile Government \s hydro-ticcliie jehemts, said I hat the T/ake Coleridge seiiome v. a> oeing pushed on willi all dispatch, a;nl that tenders Mere now practically being eonsidored for a good deal of I lie appliances olid machinery in connection with il. "As tar as Auckland is concerned," remarked Mr. Macdonald, "I' think we shall probably come nearer lo Iho oily than «aikaivmonnn for one sourco ol ullliouph 1 can't say anything (irlinilo until all our data lias beer, collected. Vnu have so many sources of supply nilhin easy reach of Auckland the n;ilisiiion of which would' mojin mnoii Ic-s lo>~ in Iransnißsioii by way of leakage than, would, be Ihe ease if Waikarcmoana worn drawn upon, that it seems la be a:i obvious and economic cour-o In Mvk the Mipply lying handy to your door. Hut a* I say', it is impossible lo *penk move dafinitely until our investigations are completed."
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Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1454, 31 May 1912, Page 5
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195HYDRO-ELECTRIC POWER. Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1454, 31 May 1912, Page 5
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