ARAPUNI HYDRO
POWER .STOPPING. emptying head Race. (Per Press Associations AUCKLAND’, August 4. A temporary cessation of power generation at Arapuni seems imminent.. It has been hoped that the source -of, the ilemkagje .could be defected' /and' the 'trouble remedied, without emptying the headrace, and so stopping the turbines, but from a warning received by the Power Board, it is believed that the headrace must be emptied.. A decision on this matter will be made thi.f_-.aftor-noon by Mr Furkert and Mr Kissel 1 , .oil their arrival from. Wellington. The Power Board has been asked to have its plant ready to take over •'Arapuni’s load between, four and five o’clock this, afternoon, ’and the Board has made arrangements to take over the load and keep Auckland province supplied until further notice, in the name manner as it did. when, Arapuni ■broke down-in 1930. • ' • ■ " •;;/
EMERGENCY PLANT REQUIRED. ' Augu»f \ The Auckland Electric-Power. Board: received advice from Ara.puhi this morning to get its emergency steam plant ready for full 1 operation -by this evening.,.;..
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Hokitika Guardian, 4 August 1932, Page 6
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170ARAPUNI HYDRO Hokitika Guardian, 4 August 1932, Page 6
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