LAKE COLERIDGE

Hokitika Guardian, 17 September 1930, Page 5

LAKE COLERIDGE

NO IM PRO VEM ENT,

(By Telegraph—Per Press Asbociati6n.|

CHRISTCHURCH. Sept. 16

There has been no more rain in the Lake Coleridge catchment, and to-djiy there has been no appreciable rise v in the iake.level. Due to the .rain on the previous day. the 'water level lias risen very slightly.

Economies are still being maintained.. Steam trains are to be run on the Lyttelton line, hut not through the tunnel.

A further appeal is being made to the shop-keeper* to close on Friday evenings.

A conference was held to-day of representatives of the authorities distributing power, from Lake Coleridge, and also representatives of life Chamber of Commerce and the Manufacturers’ Association. The most important refeult of the conference was the setting.up of n committee which wii.l con fer y regularly with :■ the Public Works Department, and indicate to the supply authorities what. economies are necessary. This committee’s duty will be to ensure that economies shall be uniformly observed over the whole area.; • A • At the conference, the engineer, Mr Mac Gibbon, said that r the Public .Works Department was taking steps yto. /provide for an extra load next yeaf; bnt. what they were he was not prepared' to say. It was quite possible, he said, that ..the Department would continue to 'impose restrictions until the lake level was restored to normal. A motion' was carried at the ooniference urging the Department to offer compensation to the private owners operating . their own stand-by plants. ■ 4 - . , ... '■ ; ■