STEAM V. WATER POWER
Press Association WELLINGTON, Today. A brief reference to the Arapuni trouble was made by the Hon. W. B. Taverner, Minister of Public Works, when opening the Power Boards’ conference yesterday. As the conference was probably aware, said the Minister, the services of a consulting engineer from abroad had been engaged and in the meantime the Government was do-> ing everything possible to make the way easy for him, so that he could complete his investigations with as little delay as possible. He was trying to finalise the purchase in London of equipment to enable a standby plant to be put into operation at the earliest date. If it was possible as a result of expert advice economically to rehabilitate Arapuni and generate power to the original capacity, the position would be very satisfactory, but if, on the other hand, it was found that such a course was not possible, it might be necessary to consider whether the time had not arrived to put a period to further hydro-electric development and to investigate tne possibilities of generation by modern steam equipment. In any case, it would be an excellent opportunity to test the relative cost of generation by water power and steam.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume IV, Issue 1027, 18 July 1930, Page 11
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205STEAM V. WATER POWER Sun (Auckland), Volume IV, Issue 1027, 18 July 1930, Page 11
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