LAKE COLERIDGE
i MAINTENANCE OF WATER LEVEL.
By Telegraph.—Press Association. Christchurch, April 6.
Owing to the level of Lake Coleridge having fallen eight feet, the Government diverted thq> Harper River into the lake. The diversion works were only temporary, and were liable to be swept away by the first big flood. In view of this fact, and the serious effect which a stoppage of the electrical supply would have on industry, the Government were urged to proceed with permanent diversion works, estimated locally to cost .£5OOO, but in view of the financial stringency the Government declined the request. Its estimate of the cost was XIO.OOO*. The position was fully discussed at a meeting of the Council of the Progress League, and the following resolution was carried: “That in the opinion of this council, representing nil the local bodies and public organisations in Canterbury and Westland, it is imepralive that steps should bo taken as early as possible to secure and maintain the diversion into Lake Coleridge of the full normal flow of the Harper River, and that the Government be urged to proceed with the work of permanent diversion.”
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Dominion, Volume 14, Issue 164, 7 April 1921, Page 5
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189LAKE COLERIDGE Dominion, Volume 14, Issue 164, 7 April 1921, Page 5
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