POWER SUPPLY BREAK
AUCKLAND BLACK-OUT
FAULT AT ARAPUNI 40 MINUTES STOPPAGE (Per Press Association.} AUCKLAND, this clay. The whole of the Auckland province was without electric power for periods varying up to 40 minutes yesterday afternoon, when a fault developed at 3.55 p.m. in one ol' the most important 1) 0.000-volt switches at the outdoor station at Arapuni. The fault caused a complete shutdown of power at Arapuni. Power was restored to areas south of Auckland when the four generators were started about 4.15 p.m., but these were not sufficient to carry Auckland and North Auckland loads. A delay was experienced in synchronising the fifth generator, and full power was not resumed until 4.35 p.m. The break reduced farmers using electric milking plants to working by hand, while in Auckland the stoppage of trams running inconvenienced a number of shoppers. Fortunately the power was restored before the full volume of homeward-bound traffic could cause congestion. City firms without their own generating plants were in a quandary and candles were brought into use in some offices. A number of people were caught in lifts, which had to be lowered before they could be released.
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20114, 7 December 1939, Page 16
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193POWER SUPPLY BREAK Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20114, 7 December 1939, Page 16
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