GREAT ELECTRIC SCHEME
POWER TO BE AVAILABLE ALL OVER BRITAIN British Official Mireless Reed. 11 a.m, RUGBY, Tuesday. The schemes of the electricity commissioners for the supply of electricity in bulk, which have actually been adopted by the Central Electricity Board set up under the Electricity Supply Act of 1926 cover 42 per cent, of the country’s total area, and nearly 75 per cent, of Its population. Ultimately, by means of the grid system of main transmission lines, 1 cheap electricity will be available in practically every part of Great Britain. The contracts placed by the end of last year totalled nearly £3,000,000, hut in the following three months additional contracts brought the aggregate value of the work In hand to over £8,000,000.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 657, 8 May 1929, Page 9
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123GREAT ELECTRIC SCHEME Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 657, 8 May 1929, Page 9
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