HYDRO-ELECTRIC POWER
A free public lecture, under the aus--pices 'of tho City Council, tho Wellington Chamber of Commerce, and the Industrial Association, will bo Riven br Mr. Lawrence Birks, B.Sc., M. Inst.. C.E., Assistant Government Electrical Engineer, at the Concert Chamber, Town Hall, to-morrow evening. Mr. Bifks will sneak on the installation at Lakes Coleridge, the growth of the demand for power in Canterbury, the supply , to freezing works, flour mills, tanneries, butter factories, hospitals,-and other institutions, the application of electricity for {Tomestic purpose;, and tie resultant economy of "coal. 'A large number of lantern slides illustrating the works at Lake Coleridge and Christchnrcli will be shown. The lecture should- be of particular interest in view of the schemo which is being propounded bribe Government engineers to supply Wellington front power developed at the Mangahno River. Admission will be free; ( '
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Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 3163, 15 August 1917, Page 6
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140HYDRO-ELECTRIC POWER Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 3163, 15 August 1917, Page 6
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