PUBLIC WORKS MINISTER

Hokitika Guardian, 13 June 1930, Page 3

PUBLIC WORKS MINISTER

(By Telegraph - Per Press Association.'

WELLINGTON, 1 MiiiM J.2

Hon. Air Taverner said to-day. regarding Arapuni, that- the plant ill be nut of operation for a considerable, time, for."whatever .remedial iiieiisij'i-es Gwere'''found'-'necessary •’could hot he ■ hurried. -It' was' anticipated" that, •at ,-f.ho present rate of the water bow through the " diversion tunnel, the -water' level behind the ‘ main / dam would be reduced to normal river level' in twelve days, while tlie cloryVatering of tlio head'• race would have progressed in two or three days sufliyeiently , for inspection purposes. Until geological inspection' "Was completed, it was obviously premature to con"Csjider what extent -of--structure repairs -Would have to be put in hand. In .the light of the geologists* observa.fions, the engineer would be able to "devise a means of counteracting any further movement, but the technical preparations would take time. Until that stage had been reached, reliable estimates of the work or the expenditure necessary could not lie made. AH Taverner referred to the detailed proposals for meeting the trouble which have been telegraphed lioni Auckland as being only speculations.