State Electric Power.
♦ "v >■' HUG® DEVELOPMENT SCHEME ■ PRJ3P AIRED. It is understood that tho Government is launching a huge water power scheme in the North Island at no distant date. 'Mr Evan Parry, who has filled the important position of Chtief Government Electrical Engineer for some considerable time, has resigned* andi pro- *■„ ceedp to England in a few months to take an important appointment there., Mr Parry's removal will be a distinct loss to the Dominion 1 : nt a. time when it requires the benefit of tlie.best' advice. , possible, and there is a Reeling that the . Government should -endenvnur to retain his services. It is understood that: Mr. jPiaary gave thjs Government an opportunity oY continuing to receive his - N vices but that the offer was not taken • advantage of. v. 'Mr T*a,urence Birkis, engineer in charge of Canterbury, with the direct oversight of tho Lake Ooleridlge hydroelectrical installation, is mentioned as Mr Parry's probable suoceasor. i wi———g :
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Levin Daily Chronicle, 23 November 1918, Page 2
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158State Electric Power. Levin Daily Chronicle, 23 November 1918, Page 2
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