Horahora Plant Returning to Nonma

Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 244, 5 January 1928, Page 8

Horahora Plant Returning to Nonma

FOUR DYNAMOS WORK* RIVER SETTLING DOWfc __ (From Our Oxen Corrc-p HAMILTON, To-fl^ The position as regards the g*. eration of electric power at hora is daily improving. Four, ** the eight dynamos were in last night. The river downstream from w spillway at Arapuni appears ~ c settling down to the course it x * carved out for itself before it rejA N the old course in the Arapuni cS s ' A good deal of erosion is still tjv; place, but the stumps of the old fe? « which the water has exposed faaveC b a steadying effect on the current The water has reached a point a sand deposit below the newly-forS la cataract, and there is a fear may sweep tons of sand into the rh= K • Although reduced in area, the ish- “ formed in the new river course h ® way between Arapuni and Horahoiv still to be seen. I j, POWER-HOUSE STILL FLOODEi A The Waikato has backed upstraas far as the suspension bridge in * gorge above the confluence of thenji courses, and as a result the lerel » the water which has caused so nt S trouble at the power-house site k not dropped. jfe Fourteen employees of the ton Borough Council were to-day fe.f< to the Public Works Department assist the staff engaged at Horahc (< to keep the screens at the po»s house clear of debris. HAMILTON’S WATER A request that the residents ( * Hamilton should exercise every ce I’ in the use of water from the borojf® supply has been issued by the H,ton Borough Council. Owing to u b difficulties being experienced at Hot hora, the power which operates tfc . pumps may be cut ofT for short or fee, periods, and the quantity of wap g pumped may be considerably cr* tailed. When the Waihi mine was dost: down for the Christmas and New Te:® vacation the intention was to reope; on Friday, but owing to the troeatk at Horahora interfering with tt power supply work will probably be resumed before Monday. POWER FOR FARMERS Considerable inconvenience has b« caused in the district, particular among farmers, by the frequent faiures of electrical power owing to fc, blockage at the Horahora works. Mar farmers have had to milk by hand an old engines have been requisitioned. The Cambridge Power Board hasfc cided to utilise the steam plant s Hautapu to supply its own custom® This plant is now operating, and far ther trouble in the Cambridge ciistric should not ensue.