ARAPUNI WORKS

Hokitika Guardian, 26 November 1929, Page 7

ARAPUNI WORKS

VISITING ENGINEER’S PRAISE,

AUCKLAND, November 22. Excellent progress is being made by

three shifts of workmen at Arapuni station. To-dav the works were inspected by Sir William Noble, director of the British General Electric Company. Also of the party were Messrs W. R. Caithness and T. Taylor. Australian and New Zealand directors of the company respectively. It was stated that it was expected to have the third unit in operation before Christmas which would considerably reduce the volume of water fallin" below the spillway. The engineers were not now greatly concerned with the erosion between the spillway and tne waterfall. Discussing his impressions of the scheme, Sir William Noble said the J undertaking as completed to date was 1 feat of engineering skill. He felt sure it would be a permanent and lasting monument to the Public Works Department. Mr Caithness, in remarking that New Zealand Government engineers

had a high reputation overseas, said the scheme as it stood to-day was one ol which any country might he proud. No expert could fail to he impressed with the courageous manner in which the engineers had overcome the initial difficulties, never wholly removed from a large undertaking of this nature. “After seeing Arapuni to-day,” Mr Caithness said, “I am more than ever convinced that it is a magnificent work that is being splendidly handled. Ido not think there is the slightest need to worry about the future, because I am convinced that the position is well in hand, and that the men in control know their jobs.”